Problem:
Audio worked OK both ways in/out, video out OK, but no video in (not able to see the other's video)
After upgrading to the latest Skype version: 2.1.0.47, I noticed that I could send Video, people could see me, but I could not see them or myself. After some digging, I found the error message in the console to be: X Error, request 132, minor 18, error code 8 BadMatch
The only other relevant link identified was this one on the Skype forum:
http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=411441&st=60&p=2129921&#entry2129921 [8]
Solution:
#!/bin/sh
export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1
skype
Links:
[1] http://linux.philosweb.com/drupal/category/it/internet
[2] http://linux.philosweb.com/drupal/category/it/software/software/os/linux
[3] http://linux.philosweb.com/drupal/category/it/software
[4] http://linux.philosweb.com/drupal/category/it/tweaks
[5] http://linux.philosweb.com/drupal/category/it/visualization
[6] http://linux.philosweb.com/drupal/category/it/voip
[7] http://linux.philosweb.com/drupal/category/it/web
[8] http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=411441&st=60&p=2129921&#entry2129921
[9] http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=411441&view=findpost&p=2128331