Skype error
 

Hi guys,

I just installed Skype for openSuse... RPM installation went fine however when I tried running the program I get the following error message:
skype: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZN14QObjectPrivate15checkWindowRoleEv

any help is greatly appreciate it! :=)

Check which version of Qt the RPM expects, and which version you have
installed - there's obviously a problem with the shared library.

hi guys,

I was missing the QT4 library on my system. I installed it from my DVD installation and it worked! thanks for your responses! :=)

ok, after skype worked for a few days it stopped working again! :@ I get the same error:

# skype
skype: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZN14QObjectPrivate15checkWindowRoleEv

I googled this error message and I found on a Ubuntu forum that by removing duplicate records on ld.so.conf it fixed the issue for many except for me. this is what my file looks like:

# cat ld.so.conf
/usr/X11R6/lib/Xaw3d
/usr/X11R6/lib
/usr/lib/Xaw3d
/usr/i386-suse-linux/lib
/usr/local/lib
/opt/kde3/lib
/opt/nessus/lib
include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf

is there something I could do to resolve this issue? I need Skype working and I REFUSE TO W$NDOWS. :)

Thanks in advance.

it seems like none has any advice for me! :( I will have to give up and use SKYPE with W$ndows.. at least I tried. :(

I'm running skype with no problems on my debian box. I've got libqt4-network version 4.4.3-2 package installed. Which version do you have? Also it seems google-earth uses its own version of libQtNetwork.so.4 so much sure that is not mixing up skype.
cheers,
jdk

hi,

im running ver 4.4.0

Skype also has downloads for a static version of Skype - that one should not have any external dependencies, though application size will be larger. You should also note that Skype doesn't put too much ambition into keeping distro-specific packages up-to-date - most of these are quite outdated.

Linux Archive

ok, I found a "temporary solution" to my issue. After I got my SKYPE working the first time I wasn't able to run Nessus so I copied /nessus/lib to /lib and that solved my Nessus issue but damaged my Skype. After trying many things such as re-installing libQtNetwork.so.4 I decided to erase the /nessus/lib files that I copied to /lib, that solved my Skype issue however I can't run Nessus.
I added /nessus/lib to ld.so.conf, rebooted my machine and now Nessus works but SKYPE doesnt! grrrr well hopefully I will be able to find a permanent solution.
At least I'm glad I won't have to use M$crosoft to run Skype! lol
Thanks!