skype and Logitech webcam in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 64-bit

There's a bug report on why many webcams stopped to work in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex.

Here's a workaround using LD_PRELOAD:

sudo apt-get install lib32v4l-0 libv4l-0

(to have both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions.)

For camorama, which is a 64-bit application:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so camorama


For skype, which is a 32-bit application:

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


(skype can be found in the medibuntu repositories.)