On 2/23/09, Paulo Cavalcanti <promac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Fernando Apesteguía > <fernando.apesteguia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 2/23/09, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Thomas Cameron wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > Howdy - > > > > > > > > I travel a pretty fair amount - over 115 nights in hotels in 2008. > > > > > > > > I use Skype on Linux (both Fedora and RHEL) and I would love to be > able > > > > to use the web cam feature so I can see my kids before they go to bed. > > > > > > > > Anyone got a known good web cam for this? I've never owned a web cam > so > > > > this is completely new territory for me. > > > > Be aware that even in the case that the webcam is supported, Skype for > > Linux is not well supported. In my case, Logitech QuickCam for > > Notebooks works perfectly with Fedora 9, but with Skype when I try to > > activate the webcam, the program aborts without any hints about the > > problem. > > > > > > Skype does not support v4l2. > > Maybe if you install libv4l-0.5.8-1.fc10.i386 (it has to be the 32 bit > version) > > and run (using a bash shell) > > # to have a v4l interface on v4l2 devices > LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /opt/skype > > it will work. That is what I do with my A4tech PK-935. Ummm, thanks for the workaround. I will try it as soon as possible and I will post the results. Too bad skype itself doesn't say anything but 'Aborted'. Thanks! > > -- > Paulo Roma Cavalcanti > LCG - UFRJ > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
