It seems a familiar error with Ubuntu/Linux Mint users, Skype silently crashes and you can't receive messages without any notifications, the simplest resolution to check is try to change your status (Online, Away, ...) and if it can't change status, just kill Skype and restart. But it becomes really annoying when it occurs repeatedly and you have to check your status regularly.
On my Linux Mint 11 (Katya), this problem often occurs along with the sound crashing error. So I guess maybe there's some conflict between sound system and Skype. Just try to remove all Skype notifications sound (the popups remain), go to Options --> Notifications then uncheck all 'Play sound file' radios.
Now the Skype and sound run so smoothly :).
My brother was having issues with Skype crashing - thanks. Also I hang my head in disbelief that this was the issue.
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