Skype has an option "Start Skype minimized in the system tray". But how does that work? In other words, if I check it I would expect one of the startup files such as .profile to be modified accordingly, or for skype to be put on some kind of startup list.
I ask this question because of an odd problem that I've mostly solved: my webcam was upside down in the Skype video. Fixing it required preloading from the v4l library when starting skype. So I added a file /usr/local/bin/skype that does the preload and invokes /usr/bin/skype. That works just as I want it to if I call skype from the command line. But if I choose Skype's startup option, the preload doesn't happen and I get the upside-down image.
I could just modify /usr/bin/skype to do the right thing, I suppose. But the trouble with that is that I would lose the fix if I did an update on skype. So I'd like to intercept the startup some other way.
I ask this question because of an odd problem that I've mostly solved: my webcam was upside down in the Skype video. Fixing it required preloading from the v4l library when starting skype. So I added a file /usr/local/bin/skype that does the preload and invokes /usr/bin/skype. That works just as I want it to if I call skype from the command line. But if I choose Skype's startup option, the preload doesn't happen and I get the upside-down image.
I could just modify /usr/bin/skype to do the right thing, I suppose. But the trouble with that is that I would lose the fix if I did an update on skype. So I'd like to intercept the startup some other way.
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