Thread: Skype stays running but is inaccessible

when launch skype, login, hit "x" on window, skype vanishes know it's still running, click launch skype , new window appears login with, when try login says "another skype instance may exist" know does, there no icons anywhere it.

there command can use in terminal bring window up?

i've removed unity , using gnome fallback because having similar issues unity on other programs.

there many solutions problem. if have 1 instance of skype running on machine should consider (1), (2) or (3) below:

(1)
easiest rebooting system , should stop running, unless set automatically starts running when boot.
(2)
more elaborate kill manually. requires lot of typing, , i'd avoid leading through process, since may take effort on both sides, unless familiar basic unix admin issues.
(3)
second best run script terminal:

code:

sudo kill -9 `ps -ef |grep skype|grep -v grep| awk '{ print $2 }'`

the above, of course, fail if there more single instance of skype running on system. can check entering "ps -ef |grep skype|grep -v grep" command without quotes in terminal (for single skype instance you'll single line on screen).


if have more 1 instance of skype running on machine better off doing following (#4):

(4)
(4.a) create following file cutting , pasting following file called kill-all-skypes:

code:

myself=`basename $0` n in `ps -ef |grep skype|grep -v grep|grep -v $myself | awk '{ print $2 }' -`   kill -9 $n && killed=yes   [ "$killed" = "yes" ] || {      echo "you must enter: sudo $myself"; exit 1   } done [ -z "$killed" ] && echo skype not running || echo skype killed

(4.b) run command executing following line

code:

sudo kill-all-skypes

if have completed either 1, 2, 3 or 4 above, can start skype normally.

note:
in old days code in kill-all-skypes not work in bash, hence bourne shell, not bash. reason, if wish save command, instance, in /usr/local/bin should add #!/bin/sh , not #!/bin/bash shebang in front.

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