I am on Ubuntu Lucid (updated till date). I am using Kernel Linux 2.6.32-24-generic

Recently I am not being able to run Cheese (webcam tool). When run it is crashing. Upon starting it from prompt I noticed the following error :

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libv4lconvert: Error decompressing JPEG: fill_nbits error: need 2 more bits
The program 'cheese' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'.
(Details: serial 78 error_code 8 request_code 132 minor_code 19)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
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I checked in Skype and there the webcam is working fine. I tried with Camorama but that always gives an error "Could not connect to /dev/video0, please check connections."

Need your help to fix this.

start ubuntu in recovery mode and select "repair broken packages" this always solved my problems that were like this one

Thanks baronobeefdip.