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[Simon Woolf <simon.woolf@xxxxxxxxx>]

Funnily enough, I only started having this problem after I upgraded to
12.04.

A few more details:

 - The system starts reacting very slowly because skype is using up all
available system memory almost immediately after you log in to it.
(Note: it is on log-in, not actually starting skype; disable automatic
log-in to prove it).

 - After some minutes, skype crashes with an out of memory error.

 - Subsequently starting skype it runs without problems - the problem
only happens the first time skype starts on a cold boot.

 - The problem occurs with both the version of skype in the
repositories, and the deb available from skype.com.

 - There's a thread on the skype forums about this bug, with several
guesses as to the cause and suggested workarounds:
http://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/Skype-eats-all-system-memory-
Linux/td-p/222

Simon

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  Skype causes almost-full lockup after 30 minutes of operation

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