strace -e open - this got the Camera working again

[Moshe Brace using Yahoo]

I found that I could close the Control Panel and Root and Skype didn't crash on me. I have no idea if it will do it for a third time. :)

I have also tried the following regarding permissions
I did 
[root at localhost ~]# cd /etc
[root at localhost etc]# gedit /group
This opened Gedit and I added the following:
# Camera Group add Moshe
# Moshe
I also did the same to the file Gedit file "Group-"

In the Mandriva 2009.0 Gnome Console in Manage Users on System I selected the Users tab and edited my Login ticking all the Groups present. I then removed the tick on the Filter Users Tab.

I tried previously with a backslash typed in before -o skype.strace skype and got the reply -o unknown command. Then I typed as follows and Skype openend and the camera picture is good:

[root at localhost ~]# LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so strace -f -e open -o skype.strace skype
ALSA lib pcm:2202: (snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hd1
ALSA lib pcm:2202: (snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hd1
ALSA lib pcm:2202: (snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hd1
ALSA lib pcm:2202: (snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hd1
ALSA lib pcm:2202: (snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hd1
ALSA lib pcm:2202: (snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hd1
Starting the process...
Skype Xv: Xv ports available: 64
Skype XShm: XShm support enabled
Skype Xv: Using Xv port 325
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