I expect the same approach to also fix chrome but I ll work on it later. Note the integer value 2 for camera inversion. The following changes fix the problem in viber: $ cat /usr/share/applications/sktop | grep ExecĮxec=sh -c 'export LIBV4LCONTROL_FLAGS=2 & LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /opt/viber/Viber' Important, before making changes make a backup, for example: sudo cp /usr/share/applications/sktop /usr/share/applications/sktop-originalĪfter that we have all the information we need to change the sktop file. This and Veazer's answer helped me complete the workaround by changing sktop file. After looking around I found out I could do this with: $ dpkg -L libv4l-0 | grep compat After installing libv4l I needed to find an appropriate path for a 64-bit version compat file to set the LD_PRELOAD variable. The main difference here is that applications are 64-bit, so I could not fully follow previous solutions. Information from this answer also helped. I continued researching on this and I came up with a temporary solution.
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There should be a file of a driver somewhere that I could tinker to fix it but how do I find it? Which (according to the internet) shows the status of the drivers. Videodev 176128 4 uvcvideo,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core,videobuf2_v4l2 Videobuf2_core 36864 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_v4l2 For example: $ ll /lib/modules/4.4.0-28-generic/kernel/drivers | grep uvcvideo I tried to find the driver from this but found nothing. I get, somewhere along a huge output: *-usb:0Ĭonfiguration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s I also run: $ ls /dev/video*īut I don't know what to make out of that result. In my quest to fix the underlying problem I started by looking for camera/video settings in Unity's "Search Your Computer" System Settings.
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I am not sure how to modify those lines and where to find libv4l package for 64-bit, in order to implement a workaround that will make viber and chrome work properly. I am including the lines of the files that I expect I should change if I were to do something similar to the skype fix: $ cat /usr/share/applications/sktop | grep ExecĪnd $ cat /usr/share/applications/sktop | grep ExecĮxec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable -incognito I did check that viber is indeed 64-bit with the method provided here. here ) because viber and chrome are not 32-bit applications. I have not followed further those solutions (e.g. Which installed libv4l-0 libv4lconvert0 and retested but no fix.
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I have run sudo apt-add-repository ppa:libv4l/stable While looking for a fix in the internet I have found many cases giving instructions on how to fix this for skype. Because two separate applications (Viber and Chrome) have this I am thinking it is not application specific. When I use video call from viber or facebook (through chrome) my webcam feeds an inverted image. I am using Ubuntu 16.04 on an ASUS N61JQ laptop.