skype webcam

Solution 1:
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Try editing the file "/home/yourusername/.gnomerc" and add those lines there. You may need to logout and re-login for this to take effect.

Solution 2:
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Alternately you can modify the skype .desktop file . This will modify the menu item launcher.

try

sudo gedit /usr/share/applciations/skype.desktop

then change the "Exec=skype" line to "Exec=mySkype".

Now cut and paste the following into a new file in /usr/local/bin called "mySkype" (use the following command)

sudo gedit /usr/local/bin/mySkype

--Cut below line--

#!/bin/bash
export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1
bash -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype'
skype
--cut above line--

Using nautilus, navigate to /usr/local/bin, then set the permissions to user & group: "execute".

Note that if you re-install skype, you will probably need to modify the .desktop file again.

If you have created the "mySkype" script correclty, then you should be able to type "mySkype" from a terminal and have skype launch. If this does not work, check you have the correct permissions on the file (or run "sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mySkype").

Make a script then call that instead of the normal skype binary

gksudo /usr/bin/specialskype

add this text:

#!/bin/bash
export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1
bash -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype'

Save the new file and close gedit. Then run:

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/specialskype

then run:

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Edit the menu item and make it run /usr/bin/specialskype instead of the usual skype

Done.

If you launch it from command line you can run:

gksudo gedit ~/.bashrc

add this line at the bottom:

alias skype=`/usr/bin/specialskype'

Save the new file and close gedit then run:

source ~/.bashrc

Now however you run the command it will run in the special way.