fixing your webcam for skype

After updating to UBUNTU 9.10. Skype started running without any interferences. So the next step is to tackle the issue of webcams.Here is a good resource:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeWebCams

 so now using lsusb:
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 045e:00f7 Microsoft Corp. LifeCam VX-1000

i get the details of my webcam and the link associated with it:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-914952.html
it turned out that the needed fix is to have the following command:
 env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

so i fixed it for the alias:
alias skype='env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype'

and i fixed it on the launching pas:
System->Preference->Mainmenu.
I removed skype and put instead the required command.

my skype has a webcam access and life is good.