I'm not sure if it's related, but when installing the 32-bit version of Skype on my 16.04LTS 64-bit system, Skype, which is only available in 32-bit, did not retrieve my ongoing conversations. Even worse! The discussion groups were invisible, and I couldn't see the messages being sent to me (I could hear the notifications on Skype phone, but not on desktop).
To fix this, I found an interesting page that helped me out with two commands:
https://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/Skype-group-chat-not-working-anymore/td-p/3987288
The following command told me I was offline, even though I was clearly online.
/dumpmsnp
As a result, the command below, which should have given me my connection location, returned nothing.
/showplaces
It's this magic command that fixed it for me:
/msnp24
After restarting Skype, I was able to retrieve all the groups, as well as the conversation histories.
To join a group call that is not initiated by a Linux instance, it seems that the following command works (in place of the "join" button)
/golive
To automatically log out other devices except for your connection:
/remotelogout
The list of commands can be found here:
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10042/what-are-chat-commands-and-roles
You can also fix issues with Skype modules not loading by installing the following packages:
tbourdin@tbourdin-ubuntu:~$ skype Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gail" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "atk-bridge" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "unity-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 ; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -f install sudo apt-get install libatk-adaptor:i386 libgail-common:i386 libatk-bridge2.0-0:i386 libatspi2.0-0:i386 libgail18:i386 libgtkmm-2.4-1v5:i386 gtk2-engines:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 sudo apt-get download overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:i386 ; sudo dpkg --force-depends -i overlay-scrollbar-gtk2_*_i386.deb ou bien : sudo apt-get download overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:i386 ; sudo dpkg --ignore-depends overlay-scrollbar -i overlay-scrollbar-gtk2*.deb
EDIT:
To fix sound issues with Skype alpha, simply modify the pulse-audio settings
sudo gedit /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-input.conf.common [Option Auto Gain Control:on] name = input-agc-on to [Option Auto Gain Control:on] name = input-agc-off and [Option Capture Boost:on] name = input-boost-on to [Option Capture Boost:on] name = input-boost-off
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