ok, it's a uvcvideo capable webcam and it looks like the modules loaded. is it a possibility that the picture settings of the webcam are just really dark? have you checked this out yet?
http://phoxis.org/2012/02/24/fix-dar...ype-for-linux/
i have a logitch c260 and I use guvcview to capture facecam's and such and I never have a problem with skype. what version of skype are you using and where did you DL it from? can you please try out guvcview and see if you have a black screen there as well? and or try to issue
Code:
cat /dev/video0 > webcam1.ts
do you see a light come on on the webcam letting you know it's recording? after a minute or so, click ctrl-c for it to stop recording. now try to play that file using whatever media player you have installed. it's a file called webcam1.ts and would be located within whatever working directory you were in when you ran the command line command. (most likely your home directory.)
good luck
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