Skype won't work Creative Live! Cam Vista IM
Nils Kassube
kassube at gmx.net
Thu Dec 29 16:38:53 UTC 2011
jimkvg at 3web.com wrote:
> Although I could watch the other end on Skype in my screen, but I
> wasn't shown on it. Skype won't work Creative Live! Cam Vista IM. I
> opened 'Options' to Video part and tried the black square for test.
> The name of the cam appeared in the box ok, but test didn't come on
> when I clicked on it. I googled for troubleshooting tips and all I
> got did not solve the problem. I noticed in the Ubuntu Software
> Centre's reviews that Skype should work good in Ubuntu 11.10. Did I
> miss something? Please help? Thank you. Jim
> PS I use Ubuntu 11.10 64bits. guvcview and Cheese Webcam Booth both
> work fine.
Install the package "libv4l-0" and start skype with the command
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
in a terminal.
Nils
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