Why don't they just work?
Well, some of them do, but not the ones that we had.
We plugged in a Logitech QuickCam in Karmic (9.10) for Skype video calls. Nothing is that easy.
Ok... so drivers. EasyCam seems to not exist anymore, so, so much for it being "easy".
Random Workingness
1. I changed the launcher for Skype :
System -> Preferences -> Main Menu -> Skype (Properties)
Command =
bash -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype'That apparently did nothing... UNTIL
2. WT decided to install cheese:
sudo apt-get install cheeseThe webcam not only worked then in cheese but also in Skype.
Maybe it was something in the cheese dependencies?
I later found out that part 1 was also important.
The built in webcam on the HP Pavilion DV6000 still does not work.
To be continued...
