How to access Skype in Unity?

I don't know how to access Skype in Ubuntu 11.10 because it gives me some error when I press the Skype icon on Unity launcher.

Here is a screenshot.

It's obvious that another instance of Skype is running but I don't know how to access it.

What could be the problem?

Solution 1:

I found solution. After first signing in, I opened options, and checked option "Start Skype minimized in the system tray". Here is screenshot:

EDIT: After there steps I had to do one more step. After typing next command into terminal:

gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist

I've got this:

['JavaEmbeddedFrame', 'scp-dbus-service', 'Wine']

I've just added Skype into this list issuing this command:

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['JavaEmbeddedFrame', 'Skype', 'scp-dbus-service', 'Wine']"

You don't need to check Start Skype minimized... for this to work - as soon you as you update gsettings the skype icon will appear.

Hope this helps :)

Solution 2:

Try to reinstall official Skype version for Oneiric. Open a terminal and type:

sudo apt-get remove skype
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install skype

Then restart your system.