I have a webcam from Logitech and I have tried to open a video connection with Skype on Suse 11.1. But I hadn’t have a video stream. Some investigations later I have found a solution on Ubuntu wiki:
lsusb
ID 046d:08d9 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam IM/Connect
I have installed the packages
zypper install libv4l1-0 libv4l2-0 libv4lconvert0
and have opened Skype with
env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
Now I have a video stream and I can see my mother-in-law 🙂