[SOLVED] Weird Error for Skype Fedora 16

mag1strate · 01-15-2012, 08:40 AM

Hi guys,

I have just started using fedora 16 and tried installing skype, but I keep getting this error:

Failed to execute child process "skype" (no input/output)

When typing it into the command line I get:

bash: /usr/bin/skype: Input/output error

I have looked through google, but the only solution I am able to find are those for:

Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory)

I tried those solutions and none of those are working, I have all the 32-bit libs that I know installed from all the websites that have told me to do so. Thank you for the help!

corp769 · 01-15-2012, 12:33 PM

I have to ask.... How are you trying to run skype?

mag1strate · 01-15-2012, 01:23 PM

I have tried to run it both through the Main menu and I tried to see if any other warnings came up by trying to running it in the terminal.

corp769 · 01-15-2012, 01:50 PM

Ok. How did you install it, and if so, what installation procedure did you follow? If you did, could you kindly point to the URL of it?

mag1strate · 01-15-2012, 05:06 PM

I was unable to figure out the reason to what happened but I found a solution.

I originally installed skype without taking much consideration with getting 32-bit libraries. So I installed the 32-bit libraries after I installed skype. This must have been the problem, so I removed all the 32-bit libs and skype, Reinstalled the 32-bit libraries, then skype.

Thankfully after all of that it proceeded to work.

I found the installation instructions that corp769 wanted from the following URL: http://blog.linux4us.org/2011/11/13/...dora-16-64bit/

corp769 · 01-15-2012, 06:06 PM

Ahh ok, you fixed it then. I was going to go along with that pretty much, but you figured it out, so it's all good. Cheers on fixing it!

Josh