[interpid] [gspca] webcam does't work with skype and amsn

[Guiodic (Guido Iodice)]

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic

lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

uname -a:
Linux xxxxxx-laptop 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Wed Oct 22 00:29:18 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

Webcam (lsusb output): Bus 002 Device 005: ID 093a:2468 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Cammaestro 2.5DU/X-EYE/Orite SC-120/ICGear TravelCam/Easy Snap Snake Eye WebCam

The webcam works fine with cheese. But amsn has only a balck screen and Skype a green screen.

I noticed that is a widely spread problem.

[Guiodic (Guido Iodice) (guido-iodice)]

I think the problem is V4L1.
This webcam works fine with V4L1 and V4l2 on hardy (and gutsty, and feisty).
Chesse uses only v4l2, but amsn and skype use v4l, so they don't work.

I tried "export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so"
but it doesn't work

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

Hi this bug is a dupe from bug #282473 please free to check that bug and add comments in there if necessary.

thanks a lot for your report