Logitech Express in Skype doesn't work [SOLVED]

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Logitech Express in Skype doesn't work [SOLVED]

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Hello, I have a really big problem. My webcam works in Camorama and doesn't work in Skype. When I try to open Skype with the

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LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
Test button in Video options gives me this error in terminal:

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X Error, request 132, minor 18, error code 8 BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 
What should I do to solve it?
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Re: Logitech Express in Skype doesn't work

Post by Snitch »

I found a solution! I had upgraded some libraries (libxcb, v4l) and made sh script:

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#!/bin/sh
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1
skype &
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