webcam problem with skype on linux

webcam problem with skype on linux I am runing ubuntu 9.10 and the latest version of skype but I have problem with webcam. When I trie the webcam with cheese it works fine but when I try to use the web on skype , skype crashes. can any body help me
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Guest [Entry]

"Skype cannot directly interact with video4linux. You need to load an extra library (v4l1compat.so) for the compatibility layer:

# LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

Maybe you need to adjust the library path for your setup.

To make this permanent just add this variable to /usr/bin/skype: add

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so; export LD_PRELOAD

e.g. on the 2nd line there.

Maybe you also want to report this in your distribution's bugtracker."

Guest [Entry]

"I couldn't add to the /usr/bin/skype file either (it is a binary file). Anyhow here is my workaround:

1) in my home folder I made a file (using gedit) that contained -

#! /bin/bash

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

2) then added an application link to my menus -

bash /home/yourusername/skype_with_video.sh

(the Skype icon should be in the /usr/share/icons/ folder for the link)

Not elegant, but it works."