Microsoft VX1000 USB Webcam on Debian Linux Kernel 2.6.30

Finally I Managed to get some time , to Install and use my webcam (Microsoft vx1000,VX3000,VX5000) on Debian Linux machine. 

Process was so much of Search and Research. Though nothing here I am going to put is my original work, with due credit to the people involved (follow the links below) I want to say "It Works! Say Cheese", but before saying cheese or skype or ekiga for some more time you probably also have to say (on your commandline).




$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so cheese

and Result is captured below

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-914952.html

Since I looked at LD_PRELOAD for the first time / could not recollect (both are same) 

for people like me I am giving links for that too (and one link is never enough to get deeper)

http://uberhip.com/people/godber/interception/html/slide_5.html

http://neworder.box.sk/newsread.php?newsid=13857

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_linker 

However in short  ( debian, fedora, redhat,suse, ubuntu any linux flavor)

• I had to install linux-image-2.6.30-
• I installed libv4l-dev (preferred)
• and gspca

After installing all the above

when ever you launch applications = (skype ekiga cheese or any other app)

 LD_PRELOAD=LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

Because that is what I wanted to say cheese to... for now.

Hope to get a better picture than the one I pasted above, its all about how !Photogenic you are!

Chese!

I Don't know who said it, but ...

... What ever they said is plain truth about windows.
Q. Is Windows a virus?
A. No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do:
1) They replicate quickly -- okay, Windows does that.
2) Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system

as they do so -- okay, Windows does that.
3) Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk -- okay,
Windows does that too.
4) Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with
valuable programs and systems. Sigh.. Windows does that, too.

5) Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is
too slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. Yup, that's
with Windows, too.
Maybe Windows is a virus.
Nope! There is a difference!

Viruses are well supported by their authors, are frequently updated,
and tend to become more sophisticated as they mature.
So there! Windows is NOT a virus.
It is a bug.