Comment 18 for bug 1279412

For me this bug causes Skype to crash X (mentioned in linked bug 1286039). System worked fine on 13.04 and 13.10 (over-eager upgrade to 14.04 to get 5.1 HDMI sound working!).

This can be worked around by unplugging the USB webcam and then changing the Skype settings to not use a camera - then the webcam can be safely reattached. I guess this would be more difficult for someone with a built in webcam.

Obviously this workaround does nothing to alleviate the earache I am getting from my mother-in-law about no longer being able to see her grandson, so if there is any further information I can provide to help with fixing this, please let me know!