Removal of Skype from medibuntu repos

[mf205]

I have the same problem as others (Logitech cam gives green flickering lines in Skype, though works in cheese). When I follow others' suggestions using the old medibuntu debs and the LD_PRELOAD command, I get

ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

The file /usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so does exist.
Can anyone help? I'm running 64-bit Lucid.

[Hotwheelz79]

Update Manager can directly work with the source at Skype. Here's the Software Source Preferences.

URI: http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/
Distribution: stable
Components: non-free

Hi fragos,

Can u pls confirm what the key one should be using to access the official repo.

Is it still D66B746E

Thanks.

[fragos]

I looked in Software Sources-> Authentication tab and found 7FAC5991. Note that I used Ubuntu Tweak to add this repository, I highly recommend it.

[mf205]

I've solved my own problem from #61: the LD_PRELOAD command needs to be preceded by sudo. This may help others. But is there any way round this (e.g. changing permissions for something) so that I don't need to enter my password in order to run Skype?