LD_PRELOAD is an environment variable. I exported that and launched skype.<br><br>success.<br><br>So I put it in a script and mad a launcher button (with a mutated skype icon).<br><br>the compat and convert libs are part of the libv4l package in Fedora 13.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:33 AM, Paul Cartwright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@pcartwright.com">ale@pcartwright.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu June 3 2010, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> WooHoo!!! Video with my $12 webcam!!!<br>
><br>
> Many thanks Boris. I'll forward this to my wife who should be at the far<br>
> end of the skype camera stuff and has the same issue.<br>
><br>
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Boris Borisov <<a href="mailto:bugy@bellsouth.net">bugy@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> In most cases you have to load<br>
><br>
> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so<br>
><br>
> or<br>
><br>
> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so<br>
><br>
> before to load skype...<br>
<br>
</div>could you splain a little more?? My web cam was recognized, but still doesn't<br>
work with Ekiga or Skype.. What file does that line go in?<br>
but then again, I don't have either of those files..<br>
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