New webcam, black screen on Skype, works on Cheese but is very dark, says only Windows compatible on the box
by philwhite from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4W3WS)
Hello.
Mint Sylvia 64
Code:lsusbgives: ID 093a:2460 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Q-TEC WEBCAM 100
Got Cheese to work after running:
Code:LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so fswebcambut it is very dark. Cheese didn't start out working at all, so... progress?! Not really sure what that did, tbh. Think I needed to upgrade to v4l2 anyhow. Skype still doesn't display anything but black despite finding "CIF Single Chip" for a webcam. Don't really know what's installed and what's been removed as I have tried several fixes.
Quite lost, perpetual newbie here... be gentle. Any help would be inundated with praise and good cheer... and LARGE cash rewards!!! ( <-- Not really.)
Always used my phone to Skype but have lost it (actually, it was stolen - not relevant but GRRRRR anyway) so am trying to do it on my desktop. Never done it here.
ADVthanksANCE!
Mint Sylvia 64
Code:lsusbgives: ID 093a:2460 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Q-TEC WEBCAM 100
Got Cheese to work after running:
Code:LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so fswebcambut it is very dark. Cheese didn't start out working at all, so... progress?! Not really sure what that did, tbh. Think I needed to upgrade to v4l2 anyhow. Skype still doesn't display anything but black despite finding "CIF Single Chip" for a webcam. Don't really know what's installed and what's been removed as I have tried several fixes.
Quite lost, perpetual newbie here... be gentle. Any help would be inundated with praise and good cheer... and LARGE cash rewards!!! ( <-- Not really.)
Always used my phone to Skype but have lost it (actually, it was stolen - not relevant but GRRRRR anyway) so am trying to do it on my desktop. Never done it here.
ADVthanksANCE!