Hi,
Just a heads up, in case anyone else decides (against all sanity) to try
using Skype, *and* get a webcam working, on 64-bit Fedora 17, you get
stymied by:
Skype being only released in 32 bit
Skype wanting video for Linux 1
Fedora 17 uses video for Linux 2
Web pages offering advice for Mint and Ubuntu
So, yum install libv4l-(whatever).i686. In my case, today, that was:
yum install libv4l-0.8.8-2.fc17.i686
Make yourself a script to launch skype with a compatibility library
#!/bin/bash
#
# force preloading of a 32 bit video for linux 1
# compatibility library for video for linux 2
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
Use that to start up Skype, instead of its own menu item. No doubt you
could put that command line into a desktop launcher, with out the bin
bash shebang. And my comments aren't needed, they're just so I don't
have to remember why I use that script.
And you're, now, related to Bob.
Tested with:
skype-4.0.0.8-fc16.i586
libv4l-0.8.8-2.fc17.i686
NB: If you simply name your launch script "skype", and put it in your
file search path, I don't know whether it's safe to launch Skype in the
script with a one-word "skype" command. It might go around in circles.
You could change my sample launch script to use the full path to skype,
instead. i.e. LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype
Anyone care to try this and confirm that it works for more than just me?
Prior to this, I just got a black screen in Skype, instead of my webcam
(which does work, if tested in VLC). I have noticed that I needed to
toggle the webcam off and on a few times, in Skype, before it came to
life. So you might want to test that, too. Toggle on/off, wait a
moment, do the opposite.
--
[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
Linux 3.6.2-4.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Oct 17 02:43:21 UTC 2012 x86_64
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