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How do I install video4linux2 in Ubuntu 12.10, and do I need to?

I'm still pretty new to Ubuntu so please bear with me. I am running Ubuntu 12.10 and I am trying to get a couple of old external USB webcams working on my laptops. The built-in laptop webcams work ...
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video chat options greyed out in pidgin

Does anyone have any idea why both in Pidgin and Empathy all video chat options would are greyed out? My webcam is recognised by the Ubuntu and works in Cheese, but no longer works in any chat ...
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Empathy does not recognise webcam with 12.04

there is a question with the same title but it has long forgotten. So I need to ask again. I use HP 625 laptop and yesterday upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04. Then Empathy lost connection with the built-in ...
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Webcam does not work properly with empathy (12.04) [closed]

I can't start webcam chat with empathy, and I don't know why. It worked on previous versions of Ubuntu (11.04 and 11.10), but now the webcam symbol only appear to a few contacts, all in google ...
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What is the configuration to do emesene/empathy recognize the notebook (Dell Inspiron 1545) webcam on Ubuntu 12.04?

What is the configuration to do emesene/empathy recognize the notebook (Dell Inspiron 1545) webcam on Ubuntu 12.04? I like to use amsn but it isn't available to Ubuntu 12.04.
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How to force Empathy Internet Messaging to change default webcam?

I just recently bought a new webcam. It is USB powered. For personal reasons, I wish to not use the built in webcam that came with my netbook. I want to use this new one. I love empathy, it is a ...
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How do I enable Video Chat in Empathy for MSN and Yahoo?

Video Chat is always greyed out in Empathy (Yahoo and MSN contacts have the same issue) (2.32.1), however, video chat in Skype (Beta) Works 100% perfectly.
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empathy with webcam

When empathy will have camera support? and I have problem to change files with it too. after 11.04 the next topic of canonical have to be to improve the empathy. the program is waek yet.