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webcam with skype on ubuntu 9.04

Asked by shan

ok so i had a struggle to wire up the sound for skype on ubuntu 9.04

which is awesome an OS

i finally got there with an external lexicon sound card

BUT NOW the video will not start in fact it crashes the whole program in a split second WHEN I CLICK ON TEST

I AM USING a trust wb3320x hires webcam

where it says select webcam

the reading says USB Camera(093a:2621) (/dev/video)

ANY SUGGESTIONS????????

thanks in advance i need help here cannot see a solution yet

shan

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Best hydrid (hydrid-ubuntu) said : 		#1

i hope you will find a solution from the following link. Try to find if your webcam is compatible with ubuntu. Try to make it work with generic drivers

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeWebCams/

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shan (holinuhi) said : 		#2

Thanks hydrid, that solved my question.

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shan (holinuhi) said : 		#3

the one i had before trust 3360 simply does not work on linus that i know of