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rcrsn51

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11889 Location: Stratford, Ontario
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Posted: Tue 04 Sep 2012, 08:39 Post subject:
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Regarding Skype: there is a discussion here about getting other webcams to work.
It involves making a script that preloads some other code.
The required file is /usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so which is part of your guvcview install.
From the command line, type:
Code: | LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype |
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panoss
Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 184
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Posted: Tue 04 Sep 2012, 08:59 Post subject:
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It gave me an error.
Code: | # LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
skype: error while loadind shared libraries: libQtDBus.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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rcrsn51

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11889 Location: Stratford, Ontario
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Posted: Tue 04 Sep 2012, 09:03 Post subject:
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Do you get that error when you run skype on its own?
What skype package are you using?
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panoss
Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 184
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Posted: Tue 04 Sep 2012, 09:24 Post subject:
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I get the error when the command is executed in the console, Skype is not loaded, it's closed.
I'm using the static package of Skype. Maybe that's the problem.
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rcrsn51

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11889 Location: Stratford, Ontario
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Posted: Tue 04 Sep 2012, 09:31 Post subject:
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I'm confused. I don't think that the error message has anything to do with your webcam.
Have you ever had skype running at all? How did you start it?
Please supply a link to the source of your skype package.
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panoss
Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 184
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Posted: Tue 04 Sep 2012, 09:37 Post subject:
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rcrsn51 wrote: |
Have you ever had skype running at all? How did you start it?
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(I have put the files of skype in folder: /root/skype/skype_staticQT)
Yes, it is running.
I started it by clicking the executable file of skype: /root/skype/skype_staticQT-4.0.0.8/skype
rcrsn51 wrote: |
Please supply a link to the source of your skype package. |
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/downloading.static
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Karl Godt

Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 4208 Location: Kiel,Germany
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Posted: Tue 04 Sep 2012, 10:05 Post subject:
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Quote: | What do you mean here? To open the file /var/log/messages with syslogd? How? |
To view use a common editor .
The files might be not existant if syslogd and klogd are not started .
Puppy 4 series started these daemons from /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit directly ,
newer use a /etc/init.d/ script .
I like them being started before the module loading starts
so when i set UDEV_LOG=7 in rc.sysinit the output gets directed to /var/log/messages and not to the console .
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rcrsn51

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11889 Location: Stratford, Ontario
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Posted: Tue 04 Sep 2012, 10:20 Post subject:
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Regarding skype: I got the official skype package. I installed it using these instructions:
Quote: | We recommend copying the skype binary to /usr/bin and installing sounds/, lang/ and avatars/ into the /usr/share/skype directory. |
Under your setup, I don't understand how running the command "skype" would work at all, unless you have also installed some other skype package.
I ran "skype" and my webcam was auto-detected correctly.
In your case, run the command
Code: | LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype |
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panoss
Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 184
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Posted: Tue 04 Sep 2012, 10:33 Post subject:
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rcrsn51 wrote: | Regarding skype: I got the official skype package. |
You mean ubuntu 10.04 32 bit?
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rcrsn51

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11889 Location: Stratford, Ontario
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Posted: Tue 04 Sep 2012, 10:36 Post subject:
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panoss wrote: | rcrsn51 wrote: | Regarding skype: I got the official skype package. |
You mean ubuntu 10.04 32 bit? |
No. The one from your link.
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