Re: preloading a driver for an autostarted application in LXDE
On 2011-03-09, peasthope@shaw.ca <peasthope@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 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.
Try
Exec="LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype"
(I haven't tested the above. It's just a guess.)
>
> 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
The script should go in /usr/local/bin/ directly; then it will be in the
user's path automatically.
>
> Thanks, ... Peter E.
>
>
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