USB Webcam

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Usb webcam.gifInstalling the Lenovo USB Webcam (type 40Y8519, http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=40Y8519&current-category-id=E3D2815920A642A1B3F1A5B17910FC72) under Linux 2.6.31.1 required the gspca vc032x module to be built from the external developer tree at http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/.

On a 64-bit machine Skype shall be started something similar like

# LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

if you would like to use the webcam for video.