Comments on: Howto integrate Skype and Ubuntu’s indicator-applet

By: xeno.by

xeno.by — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:43:43 +0000

Here’s what I’ve got when testing the script. I’ve ran it in a terminal, it connected to skype and everything went fine until a new message arrived. After that I’ve got:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/bin/indicator-applet-skype.py”, line 203, in
skype.check_timeout(server)
File “/usr/local/bin/indicator-applet-skype.py”, line 177, in check_timeout
self.unread_conversations[display_name].add_timestamp(mesg.Timestamp)
File “/usr/local/bin/indicator-applet-skype.py”, line 112, in add_timestamp
self.timestamps.add(timestamp)
AttributeError: ‘list’ object has no attribute ‘add’

Any ideas? Mb the problem is with versions? (I’ve got python 2.6)

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By: snapdragon

snapdragon — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:10:38 +0000

I didn’t have any error, this script works me perfectly. Thank you very much :)

By: bialy663

bialy663 — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:00:40 +0000

Yes there is. After adding this line Skype disappears from Applications>Internet menu

By: contestar

contestar — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:35:23 +0000

I don’t know for what this string: “OnlyShowIn=Messaging Menu”. There are no changes with or without it.

By: contestar

contestar — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:29:14 +0000

Hi, I have solution and it works very well!

Post on OMG Ubuntu site has been written for adding thunderbird to messaging menu. I tried to remake the solution for skype. And it works.
First that you need is add some strings to /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop

StartupNotify=true
OnlyShowIn=Messaging Menu

Save and close.

The next steps is create /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications/skype file. Open it and add the following string:

/usr/share/applications/skype.desktop

Save and close.
Then log out of Ubuntu and log back in.

Link:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/how-to-add-thunderbird-to-messaging.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+d0od+(Omg!+Ubuntu!)

By: andy

andy — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:29:31 +0000

okay.. please give me some days (I’m currently in the process of finishing my master thesis) before I investigate that problem.

I believe that during 10.04 development some dbus interfaces might have changed (as the indicator applet did stop to work for me recently). I’ll create a new comment as soon as this problem is solved.

By: LK

LK — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:18:11 +0000

I also got the same error message. I have the following installed

Skype Version – 2.1.0.81
Ubuntu – 10.04 (Lucid) RC
python-skype – 1.0.31.0-1
libindicator0 – 0.3.8

I’ll love to have this working.

Thanks

By: andy

andy — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:11:53 +0000

never had that error.. could you give me some more information (as used skype version, distribution, indicator-lib version)? Was the program paired to skype, did you get Skype’s notification popup?

cheers, andy

By: contestar

contestar — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:40:38 +0000

Hi, I tried to launch your script, but had a error.

“connected to skype!Traceback (most recent call last):
File “indicator-skype-client.py”, line 171, in
skype.Attach();
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/Skype4Py/skype.py”, line 408, in Attach
self._Api.attach(self.Timeout, Wait)
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/Skype4Py/api/posix_dbus.py”, line 163, in attach”

what should I do to execute script successfully?

Thank you.