Comment 10 for bug 984603

I have the same problem with Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit; Skype 2.2 and 4.0; Logitech chat webcam (detected as Logitech Messanger).
The problem doesn't occur in testing, nor in Cheese. Google talk works fine with the same webcam.
Tried tweaking various settings with the V4L control panel and nothing worked.
Symptoms exactly as in post #7 above except that it freezes much earlier than 20s, it's more like 5 to 10 seconds.