No go with the Mandriva 2009.0 regarding the Webcam. I unfortunately don't remember what I did but for one time I actually got a picture in the Preview.
I think in the /etc/modprobe.d I added a line "options quickcam compatible=6" as I saw in www.linuxquestions.org I also tried both LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4compat.so Skype LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v42convert.so Skype I have a Quickcam Chat 8.4.8 In Mandriva 2008.1 Spring edition I had a Pixart PAC2007 connected quite successfully. Anybody got any ideas. Funny though Ekiga and Cheese the Camera works OK with a very clear sharp picture no green and flashing screen. I have a feeling that Skype doesn't know where the device is; In the Skype options it has Camera /dev/device0 [r...@localhost ~]# lsusb Bus 008 Device 002: ID 03eb:3301 Atmel Corp. at433301 4-port Hub Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 002 Device 004: ID 1307:0165 Transcend Information, Inc. Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04a9:2216 Canon, Inc. Canoscan3200F Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:08a6 Logitech, Inc. Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 [r...@localhost ~]#
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