HP Pavilion Laptop
Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail (UEFI dual boot Win8 & Ubuntu)
64-bit system

The onboard webcam shows black in Skype.

ATTEMPS TO FIX:
1. Test Cheese - onboard webcam works great.
2. Test Google Talk/Chat - onboard webcam works great. No issues.
3. Install Skype from the Software Center - webcam still shows black in Skype.
4. Remove previous Skype version completely.
Code:
>sudo apt-get autoremove --purge skype
cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
ls
sudo rm *skype*.deb
5. Download Ubuntu 12.04 multiarch .deb file directly from Skype - webcam shows black in Skype.
6. Remove previous Skype version completely.
Code:
>sudo apt-get autoremove --purge skype
cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
ls
sudo rm *skype*.deb
7. Install earlier version of Skype 4.0, and force Synaptic to not upgrade - webcam shows black in Skype.
Code:
>sudo wget -O skype http://download.skype.com/linux/skyp....8-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install libxss1 lib32stdc++6 lib32asound2 ia32-libs libc6-i386 lib32gcc1
sudo dpkg -i skype
sudo apt-get -f install && sudo rm skype
8. Try this command to startup Skype - webcam still shows black in Skype.
Code:
>LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
9. Attempted to force Skype to use older architecture - webcam still shows black in Skype
Code:
>sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture skype-ubuntu*.deb
10. Again attempting to force - webcam still shows black in Skype
Code:
>sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
11. Ran gstreamer-properties to test video function.
Code:
> gstreamer-properties

(gstreamer-properties:31001): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkDialog.has-separator

(gstreamer-properties:31001): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkDialog.has-separator
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'artsdsink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'esdsink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'sunaudiosink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'glimagesink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'sdlvideosink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'v4lmjpegsrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'qcamsrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'v4lsrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'esdmon'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'sunaudiosrc'
Clicking the VIDEO tab, using all possible combinations, webcam is black.
So, obviously, gstreamer is not functioning correctly.

Here is where I'm stuck. Gstreamer shows the problem. How do I fix it?
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do next?

Please be gentle, as I'm not over-experienced in Linux.
Thanks!
~jewels