Skype "answer incoming call" popup sometimes doesn't work

[Petr Zelenka]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Mike McNally<emmecinque at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've used the Skype Linux client (2.0.72) under fvwm, enlightenment
> (e16), and now Xfce.  Since I switched to Xfce, there's an
> intermittent problem with the little popup window that Skype shows (or
> tries to show) at the bottom right of the screen.  The problem is that
> sometimes it doesn't show up at all.  I don't have any Xfce panels
> down there.
>
> The irritating thing is that as far as I can tell that's absolutely
> the only way to answer an incoming call. In other words, neither the
> Skype UI main window nor the Skype panel gadget provide an "answer"
> button.
>
> I strongly suspect this is just a problem with the Skype client, but
> I'd be grateful if any other Xfce users would share a workaround if
> one's been found.

The same version of Skype together with Xfce 4.6 on up-to-date Xubuntu
Jaunty works here just fine. I know this isn't much helpful but hey,
at least it proves there is one working instalation.

Cheers,
Petr