This message is probably spam Symbol: ONCE_RECEIVED(1.00) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.4 at mcbain0012 X-Virus-Status: Clean Hi, I haven't needed the LD_PRELOAD trick for quite some time, I guess at least since F19. In my experience Skype should just work if your hw is supported by recent fedora releases. Have you tried your webcan with cheese or some other linux tool? Have you tried your mic with gnome-sound-recorder or something elase? Does skype echo service works (only for audio)? []s, Fernando Lozano > On 01/27/2015 11:35 AM, Tim wrote: >> Allegedly, on or about 27 January 2015, Mickey sent: >>> Fedora 20/KDE >>> >>> Can Fedora use a webcam on Skype ? >> I was using Mate on Fedora 20, but it worked for me. And with less >> stuffing around than with Fedora 17, which required launching it from a >> script, pasted below. I think I may be using 32 bit OS on 20, though. >> I can't remember. >> >> #!/bin/bash >> # >> # force 32 bit video for linux 1 compatiblity library for video for linux 2 >> >> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype >> > that didn't work for me, and I haven't been able to use Skype in a long > time. No audio.. it used to crash the PAvolume control when I tried to > adjust it. Now it just doesn't have any sound. > $ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype > ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so' from LD_PRELOAD > cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored. > > > I tried yum provides v4l1compat.so, no match found. > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
