No picture with a Microsoft VX-1000 webcam in Skype
Solution 1:
Skype has a compatibility problem with the Video4Linux2-Library. You can force it to use the Version 1 of this library then it should work. Shutdown all skype instances and then try running this in a terminal:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype &
If you have 64 bit Linux, use the following command instaed:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype &