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Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04.1.

Application: Skype 4.3 for Linux.

Whenever I start a Video Call, I can see the person on the other side but the screen keeps flashing ceaselessly.

Furthermore, the person on the other side and I, can only see a closeup of my face. So I need to move away from the screen in order for the other person to see my face.

sudo lshw | grep -A9 VGA 
         description: VGA compatible controller
         product: Sky Lake Integrated Graphics
         vendor: Intel Corporation
         physical id: 2
         bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
         version: 07
         width: 64 bits
         clock: 33MHz
         capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
         configuration: driver=i915_bpo latency=0

Help much appreciated.

Thank you.

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  • Please provide details regarding your graphics and webcam setup. edit your question and include the output of sudo lshw | grep -A9 VGA and lsusb
    – Elder Geek
    Sep 12, 2016 at 19:04
  • probably your graphics problem, go to additional drivers tab in software and updates to check your graphic drivers.
    – iamgr007
    Sep 12, 2016 at 19:10

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I also have chipset Intel 915 and I had the same problem with video calls in Skype.

Upgrade to Ubuntu 16.10 (from 16.04.1) helped me and completely solved this problem.

I believe that problem is solved in new version of Linux kernel. You can also try this fix if you don't want to upgrade.

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What worked for me, was using the nomodeset option in the grub bootloader. There are two methods to set nomodeset:

  1. Temporary:
    • While booting press and hold shift in order to see the grub menu
    • Choose the entry you want to change (in a normal installation the first entry) and press e to edit it
    • Look for quiet splash and add nomodeset before it
    • Finally press F10 to boot.

If this worked for you, you can use the permanent way for all bootups.

  1. Permanent:
    • edit /etc/default/grub (for example: sudo nano /etc/default/grub)
    • change the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset quiet splash"
    • Finally update the grub config: sudo update-grub

The next time rebooting, you don't have to specify the boot option.

I run Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with 4.4 kernel on Lenovo i310 laptop.

The output for sudo lshw | grep -A9 VGA is the following:

description: VGA compatible controller
product: Sky Lake Integrated Graphics
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0

This answer is partially copied from last answer at When I start my camera in video call on Skype 4.1. incoming video is flashing blue?

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  • A good answer, but can you explain what to do for the OP instead of just a link? You can post your link in the comments instead as a duplicate, or you can expand your answer to be more thorough. This makes it easier to follow for everyone :)
    – AnotherKiwiGuy
    Nov 20, 2016 at 2:53
  • @ThatGuy How's an answer suggesting to use nomodeset permanently is a good answer?
    – user589808
    Dec 18, 2016 at 20:19
  • @CelticWarrior - Good enough to provide an answer when there wasn't one. If you want more info, ask the person who posted it. It's still a better solution than no solution. I only edited and cleaned it up.
    – AnotherKiwiGuy
    Dec 18, 2016 at 23:29

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