following instructions from This post
had to tweak them.
1 - find out if your webcam works.(there are probably better ways)
install cheese, run cheese. should pick up the webcam, if not google is your friend.
2 - find the files needed for step 3;
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sudo find / -name v4l1compat.so
3 - make a 'preloader' script.
you'll need to edit your files as root, open your chosen editor (for example leafpad) in terminal;
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sudo leafpad /usr/local/bin/skype
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#!/bin/bash
LD_PRELOAD=*YOUR PATH HERE FROM STEP 2* /usr/bin/skype
4 - make it executable;LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype
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sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/skype
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/usr/local/bin/skype
if it works then yah - try the video test function. also remember to change the audio settings, also in skype.
6 - might need to change your launchers settings, to reflect your change. i have skype at startup. change them to /usr/local/bin/skype
probably better ways to do this, but it worked.