I used the yum repo to install skype, created an account, and it did the auto-login for that account. I closed skype, went back later, and ( using the same login info ) am unable to log back in. At the top of the login thing it says "Logging in failed" no matter what I do I cannot get this to work. I can login to the skype website but not the client. I am not behind a proxy.

Hi :-)

I have the same problem as you. Try then to log in to the profile page on skype.com. If you can log in with your password (but you can't log in with your client), you probably have the same problem like me. I described it here:

http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=56330

I know is not really a help. Let see, if skype helpdesk has a solution??

Cheers :-)

FC4
Skype static QT 1.2.0.18

In your users home directory you will find a directory called

.Skype

inside this directory all of your skype users are stored by username. ie: ~/.Skype/YOURUSER

there is something amiss with the use of these files. (possibly permissions?)
im trying my best to track this down as we speak, but for a temporary fix. add a shellscript, or a desktop run command which executes the following...

rm -rf ~/.Skype/YOURUSER

and you will be able to log in without a problem..

[tested on freebsd 6.1RLS and ubuntu 5.10]

-B