On Thursday, October 07, 2010 05:04:17 pm Peter Suetterlin wrote:
C. Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
In order to get Skype started with a functioning video I have to use:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
I give this command in a konsole and it works. I would like to intergrate it in my Skype button. How could I do that?
I'm not 100% sure how the Exec is evaluated. You might be fine just replacing 'skype' with your line above. If you want to go on the safe side write a small wrapper script #!/bin/sh LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so export LD_PRELOAD exec skype
call it, e.g., skype.sh, make it executable (chmod 755 skype.sh) and place it somewhere in the search path. Replace 'Exec=skype' with 'Exec=skype.sh' in your desktop entry...
Dear Pit, Worked after I had put the skype.sh in /usr/bin where the skype is also situated. Do not know if there is an easier method but your solution is good for me. Thanks -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.36-rc6-24-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.5.2 (KDE 4.5.2) 19:52pm up 20:17, 6 users, load average: 1.11, 1.22, 1.17 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org