Folk, Seems that v4l1compat.so is needed for a USB camera to work for Skype. So LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype given interactively starts skype with a working camera.
Normally Skype in this system is started by the presence of ~/.config/autostart/skype.desktop containing the line "Exec=skype" but quoting from "http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#exec-variables";, "The Exec key must contain a command line." So Exec=LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype doesn't work. A possibility is a trivial script /usr/local/bin/dir/skype or /usr/local/bin/dir/skype/skype, containing just two lines. #!/bin/sh LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype According to my understanding, that is consistent with Debian policy. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html Can anyone suggest a better way of having the v4l1compat.so preload automatically? Which is the correct name for the script according to FSH, Filesystem Hierarchy? /usr/local/bin/dir/skype or /usr/local/bin/dir/skype/skype Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 450 2132. Shop pages http://carnot.yi.org/ accessible as long as the old drives survive. Personal pages http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
