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v4l-utils package

  1. Bug #826265
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 826265

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Joseph Chereshnovsky (joseph.chereshnovsky) wrote :

It works!
$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

but now it would be great to have it operational out of the box, without a need to run from CLI, and also make webcam to work in Google Chrome.

How can I avoid using "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so" to start my application by clicking on icon?
Possibly symlinking this library somewhere to make it available for all apps at one time???

Because creating the start script like "skype.sh" with appropriate command and then replacing the original Skype icon in menu with this script, and repeat that for all uncompatible programms - looks ugly for me.