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July 21, 2011

Fix webcam not working with Google chat or Google Plus Hangouts under Ubuntu 64bit

1) Make sure Google Talk plugin is installed.

2) In the terminal:

sudo apt-get install lib32v4l-0
sudo mv /opt/google/talkplugin/GoogleTalkPlugin /opt/google/talkplugin/GoogleTalkPlugin.real
echo '#!/bin/sh' | sudo tee /opt/google/talkplugin/GoogleTalkPlugin
echo "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /opt/google/talkplugin/GoogleTalkPlugin.real" | sudo tee -a /opt/google/talkplugin/GoogleTalkPlugin
sudo chmod +x /opt/google/talkplugin/GoogleTalkPlugin

3) Restart Browser.

 

Done!

 

In case you need to revert:

sudo rm /opt/google/talkplugin/GoogleTalkPlugin
sudo mv /opt/google/talkplugin/GoogleTalkPlugin.real /opt/google/talkplugin/GoogleTalkPlugin

Posted by acuervo. Filed under 64-bit, Google, Google +, Google Chat, Linux, terminal, Ubuntu.

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