webcam in skype

Does the webcam work in cheese? Skype is a poor test for webcam and often perfectly fine hardware will not work in skype without a LOT of extra effort. In future I suggest you test hardware with open source apps before moving to proprietary stuff

If you have ubuntu 12.04 try to launch skype with that command line :

env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype

iam using ubuntu 10.10 and please elaborate the procedure for my skype setting and for webcam too......

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Your question #198201 on firefox in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+question/198201

hoppus2a posted a new comment:
If you have ubuntu 12.04 try to launch skype with that command line :

env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
/usr/bin/skype

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Maverick is EOL, I suggest you upgrade

ok try this:

env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype

and if you have this error ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored try this:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

And like actionparsnip i suggest you to upgrade your ubuntu.

i am very thankful your guidance ...i am not a regular computer user so please guide me how can i upgrade window with 12.04???n during upgrading my data will remain safe or not???

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Your question #198201 on firefox in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+question/198201

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actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
Maverick is EOL, I suggest you upgrade

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You should clean install as it will not only give a cleaner OS, you will also get to the latest release faster. You can restore your data from your backups.

sorry i can,t understand this action...please elaborate it where to start this procedure n where to go?

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Subject: Re: [Question #198201]: webcam in skype
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Your question #198201 on skype in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+question/198201

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actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
You should clean install as it will not only give a cleaner OS, you will
also get to the latest release faster. You can restore your data from
your backups.

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You need to backup all your data, then boot to the precise liveCD and delete the current Ubuntu partitions, then install to the free space.

How are you?

sami ullah

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