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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to 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 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
