I’ll keep this as informative.
If your webcam works in ubuntu (I’m running the 8.10 RC atm, fantastic btw) under cheese but not with skype, I did a bit of digging and cheese uses v4l2 (the ‘new’ webcam api) which inherently screws up skype that uses v4l1.
So, its easy enough since i came across this post and after chasing up my own system locations (this guy must be on 64bit, but i didnt ask) dead easy, instead of in the terminal going
# skype
UPDATE:25/4/9
After a fresh install jaunty i discovered i was missing a step
Need to install lib32v4l-0 and lib32v4l-dev (i think the -dev is unnessary but i install them anyway)
look in your library directories (/usr/lib/ or /usr/lib32/) for v4l1compat.so,
eg ” find /usr/lib* -name ‘*v4lcompat.so’ ”
# LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/v4l1compat.so skype
this, obv, preloads that library forcing skype to use teh right interface library.
If my explanation is wrong please correct me
12
May 08
Asus EEEpc
Just off the phone with Clove saying that my shiny new black eee 900 is winging its way to my homestead, which unfortunatly is not wer i am, but at least i wont be losing any time for revision (read: have any other reasons not to study)
I have to say I’m really disappointed with Asus’s attitude to they’re british customers regarding the battery issue and i really cant say any more about it except that were paying above the board globally, and not getting an equivalent product and an even less equivilant service.
Nevertheless I’ll be installing Ubuntu as soon as i get my grubby little mits on it, and will hopefully get some pictures, maybe actually get off my ass and do a how to. Might install an internal bluetooth mod aswell…..
On a brighter note, i really have to say Clove have been fantastic, i ordered mine about a month and a half ago and called me back the next day telling me that they were looking at a mid may delivery date, and then called me when the white eee’s came in stock at the beginning of the month, i pointed out that i had previously changed my order to the black, and they were great about it. Highly recommended! Not expensive atall either!
www.clove.co.uk
DISCLAIMER : no i dont work for them