On Fri, 2013-01-11 at 00:44 +1100, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: > Package: general > Severity: important > > I just installed a fresh Debian 6.0, and got the problem that video doesn't > show, specifically in skype (neither preview nor call) and cheese (preview). > > The webcam appears to work fine, since it shows up at the remote end on skype > call (but I see nothing here), and cheese captures pictures nicely. > > Also, when I ssh from another host with ForwardX11, then skype (both preview > and call) and cheese preview show video on that host. > > Thus, I'm guessing on something with X but don't know where or what. > > The host is a Sony Vaio Z with: > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated > Graphics Controller (rev 09) Please install libv4l-0 and copy this launcher # aptitude install libv4l-0 # cp skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop This should fix your issue and probably all those googling for skype+debian+webcam Cheers,
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