Fw: Skype Webcam problems - Update to Webcam Problem

[Moshe Brace using Yahoo]

Update: I tried to start Skype a second time and the camera would not show correctly with the command below. I don't like the idea of remaining in Root all the time as it can be dangerous. I have also installed the following may be it will help

http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat...bv4l&srodzaj=3

and 

qc-usb-qcset - Tool for the old Quickcam Express webcams

But I can see that it must have been a fluke that it worked once with the line below. It doesn't now. I think that I have 2 choices get hold of another Mandriva 2008.1 Spring disk or wait to see if Mandriva put this right in the next upgrade. They know that this is a bug and mismatch.

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

When I typed the above into System Control Panel - Console with root password the Logitech Quickcam worked OK. However I doubt that without root the camera will work in Skype. Is there away to set Mandriva to do this without having to type this each time?
Any Ideas?
Moshe

--- On Thu, 26/2/09, Moshe Brace using Yahoo <mbrace700 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
From: Moshe Brace using Yahoo <mbrace700 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Skype Webcam problems
To: "Linux-il" <linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>
Date: Thursday, 26 February, 2009, 12:29 PM

No go with the Mandriva 2009.0 regarding the Webcam. I unfortunately
don't remember what I did but for one time I actually got a picture in
the Preview. 


I think in the /etc/modprobe.d  I added a line 

"options quickcam compatible=6" as I saw in www.linuxquestions.org 

I also tried both

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4compat.so Skype

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v42convert.so Skype


I have a Quickcam Chat 8.4.8

In Mandriva 2008.1 Spring edition I had a Pixart PAC2007 connected quite successfully.

Anybody got any ideas? 
Funny though Ekiga and Cheese the Camera works OK with a very clear sharp picture no green and flashing screen. 

I have a feeling that Skype doesn't know where the device is; In the Skype
options it has

Camera /dev/device0

[root at localhost ~]# lsusb

Bus 008 Device 002: ID 03eb:3301 Atmel Corp. at433301 4-port Hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 1307:0165 Transcend Information, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04a9:2216 Canon, Inc. Canoscan3200F
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:08a6 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001

[root at localhost ~]#






      





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