preloading a driver for an autostarted application in LXDE

[peasthope@shaw.ca]

Folk,

Seems that v4l1compat.so is needed for a USB camera to work for Skype.
So
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
given interactively starts skype with a working camera.

Normally Skype in this system is started by the presence of  
~/.config/autostart/skype.desktop containing the line "Exec=skype"   
but quoting from 
"http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#exec-variables";, 
"The Exec key must contain a command line." 
So
Exec=LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype 
doesn't work.

A possibility is a trivial script /usr/local/bin/dir/skype 
or /usr/local/bin/dir/skype/skype, containing just two lines.
#!/bin/sh
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

According to my understanding, that is consistent with Debian policy.
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html

Can anyone suggest a better way of having the v4l1compat.so preload automatically?  

Which is the correct name for the script according to FSH,  Filesystem Hierarchy?
/usr/local/bin/dir/skype
or
/usr/local/bin/dir/skype/skype

Thanks,                          ... Peter E.


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