I have the same problem for any application that uses the webcam, including skype and googletalk. Apparently it is a problem with the gspca driver. Whe the problem is present dmesg reports:
[19245.046799] gspca: bandwidth not wide enough - trying again some ubuntu versions ago, the driver was spca5xx, which worked fine. Some people argue that the solution is in installing a new (probably unofficial) kernel version. What could be the compilation flags that are creating the problem in the official kernels?? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Canonical Partner Developers, which is subscribed to skype in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984603 Title: Skype video freezes right after few first frames To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+bug/984603/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-partner-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~canonical-partner-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
