Logitech cam not working

[Powerbob]

Hi, I am a newbie to kubuntu but like what I have seen so far. I have 11.10 32bit installed. I have managed to get everything working "except" my webcam in skyp. It's a Logitech quick communiate stx. Strange thing is it works in cheese, but in skype in options it shows a webcam but when I press test nothing happens, screen stays black! I have searched the forums but no topics seem to match my problem. Thankfull for any assistance.

Cheers
Bob

[ardvark71]

Hi Bob...

The instructions here might help with your issue, particularly section 3.6.

Regards...

[Powerbob]

Hi Thanks for that
Unfortunately it did not work for me, no change!

[Powerbob]

This made it work

env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

Hope this helps others

[ardvark71]

Hi Bob...

Glad you got it working!

Regards...

[Powerbob]

I even got it to work in my VM (Oracle) which means I can use "skype/msm Live" in XP with my cam!

[gerryggg]

Logitech web cam n/o/t/ NOW workiing!

Hi Bob...

The instructions here might help with your issue, particularly section 3.6.

Regards...

Thanks a bunch! I've been working all night on this thing and section 3.6 finally fixed it. I had to edit the path, then edit the menu command, but now it works.

Gerry

[ardvark71]

Thanks a bunch! I've been working all night on this thing and section 3.6 finally fixed it. I had to edit the path, then edit the menu command, but now it works.

Hi...

You're welcome, glad it helped.

Regards...