Skype hanging on fedora 32?

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Anyone else seeing skypeforlinux locking up after sending a few messages on Fedora 32?

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How did you install Skype?

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name=skype (stable)
baseurl=https://repo.skype.com/rpm/stable/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://repo.skype.com/data/SKYPE-GPG-KEY

I just added the skype repo, and installed with dnf.

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Can you try the flatpak (containerized app) from flathub?

Install: flatpak install flathub com.skype.Client

Run: flatpak run com.skype.Client

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Exact same behaviour unfortunately…

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I would create a new user and see if the problem persists.

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Unfortunately, the msteams update didn’t fix the problem. It still hangs.

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My skype update told me “The downloaded packages were saved in cache until the next successful transaction.
You can remove cached packages by executing ‘dnf clean packages’.
Error: GPG check FAILED”

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I’m not sure if that update will fix the current issue… there is a thread about that on the microsoft website:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/all/skype-for-linux-64-rpm-package-is-not-signed-how/0b04dd59-2dca-4338-9169-ab70b7722c5d

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I can’t confirm the Skype hangs, as I haven’t been using it lately, but the skypeforlinux package update not installing due to it not being signed has persisted for a couple of weeks now. Incredible.

There are several more threads addition to the one linked above:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/all/package-skypeforlinux862083-1x8664rpm-is-not/db999121-2339-49b5-a039-23f49352f78d
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/all/package-skypeforlinux862083-1x8664rpm-is-not/724dc2ae-b8ce-4710-b87f-e9bf7bfa5e32
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/all/skype-for-linux-rpm-package-v862083-1-is-not/6033495a-4dfd-4df2-b868-a27459148d0a

I don’t want to disable the GPG check and install an unsigned package, so I’ve been using sudo dnf upgrade --refresh -x skypeforlinux.

I still can’t believe the (lack of) MS employee response and how long it’s taking to resolve what seems to be a simple issue.

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As of today, skypeforlinux finally installs properly without disabling GPG check.

Now you can check if you still get hangs on the latest version (8.62.0.85-1).

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Hangs remain unfortunately, it may be slightly better but it’s particularly bad if I click into another window and then click back to skype. It just grays out completely and you get the ‘Terminate application’ dialog.

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This was caused by the Notifications widget being disabled in KDE. If I re-enable the widget, everything works as expected. msteams was similarly effected.

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