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Same problem occuring here on a new laptop (Medion Erazer X6601) after a fresh install. I'm using a FHD laptop + FHD monitor attached to HDMI port (HDMI to DVI cable in beween).
I've tried different...

I know what you mean: seems the python script was a left-over, somewhere in my /home directory from the previously installed Ubuntu Messaging Menu integration. Reinstalled the script and the python...

Seems it resides in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libv4l/

But it still isn't able to preload it:

ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be...

Thanks... made no difference though, the python error is still there.


Yes.



Cheese didn't come installed in this release... but after installing it, it seems to work just fine. Also worked...

E: Unable to locate package python-skype

Installed pidgin-skype, but no difference either :(

Same thing:

$ bash -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype'
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded:...

Thanks for the fast replies Fish!
Yes, libv4l-0 is installed. Installing lightdm-gtk-greeter didn't make any difference either.

Skype itself runs fine from the terminal, and also from Dash (or...

Installed it from the website at first, now purged the installed skype and reinstalled from the (Canonical) repo. Still getting the same error #-o

Just upgraded (reinstalled) to Ubuntu 11.10 (64-bit) and trying to get the cam back to work. While previously the above commands used to work, I'm now getting the following output as soon as I log...

Cheers ozz, worked perfectly fine here! :D

Hello everyone!

I've been around for a while as user irvotheturbo, but just needed a change in username (who'd want to stick with that!). I'm from The Netherlands and have been an Ubuntu and...