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[Philippe Joyez <ubuntu.5.pjoyez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've had this problem with my logitech webcam since several ubuntu
releases. You need to explicitly load a library before launching skype,
as explained in the workarounds tthat you can find in several places.

for 64 systems you can use the command
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
this works too (it's what I'm presently using in 11.04)
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype

on 32 bit systems, it should be
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

You can place this in a script that you invoke in place of skype itself.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/754162

Title:
  logitech camera doesn't work after upgrade