Skype can't connect

After I restarted my computer to finish a upgrade, I could not log in at Skype anymore.

It only shows the message:

Skype can't connect.

If I try web version it works. I'm using Skype 4.2.

Solution 1:

According to this post, skype versions older than 4.3 are unable to connect as of today (2014-08-01). Though it could have just been a temporary outage of the skype servers, I was able to connect after updating skype.

Solution 2:

First get rid of the old skype from repo:

sudo apt-get purge skype

Second, delete your ~/.Skype folder

rm -R ~/.Skype

Then download skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb from http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/?intcmp=blogs--generic-click--skype-4-3-for-linux and execute it as a deb package:

sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb