Had the same issue with my Philips SPC900NC/OO webcam, which uses the pwc driver.
Installing libv4l - 0.5.2-1 work wonderful for me, even starting Skype quite normal without LD_PRELOAD . Hopefully this libv4l version make it into the final release. -- needed: libv4l and associated application patches (or "gspca stopped working in 2.6.27") https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260918 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs