On 30 November 2011 16:47, Andrés Muñiz Piniella <andre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I was having problems to get my web cam working under skype. > Luckly I found > > > http://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/video-is-not-working-on-Ubuntu-11-10/td-p/216792 > > I just need to run this in the comand line: > sh -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so > /usr/bin/skype "$@"' > What ever that means and the video now works! > > But I now need to set it up in a nice button for my wife to use it and to > get my sister an easy way in. > Previously I was able to setup a costume launcher but I am new to ubuntu > 11.10 and I cannot find how to do it. > > > http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-create-desktop-launchers-in-ubuntu-11-10oneiric.html > > I tried this. but the shortcut does not show on the desktop. > > hey I had the same problem a while ago, and I created a short bash script somewhere in my $PATH to do the same... I think it was in */usr/local/bin/* * * Then running skype from anywhere on the box always preloaded the correct v4l module and there was no need to make a custom launcher. Matt
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