FS#12270 - webcam is not working with kopete
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Arch Linux
Opened by Jean-Christophe Imbert (Bobyl) - Friday, 28 November 2008, 16:33 GMT
Last edited by Pierre Schmitz (Pierre) - Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 11:13 GMT
Opened by Jean-Christophe Imbert (Bobyl) - Friday, 28 November 2008, 16:33 GMT
Last edited by Pierre Schmitz (Pierre) - Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 11:13 GMT
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Description:
Webcam does not work with kopete: when trying to configure the webcam in kopete "Options", only a blue screen is displayed instead of the webcam image. I have tried with the built-in webcam of my laptop (Chicony webcam: module ov511) and a Philips USB webcam (module: pwc) with no success However, when trying to use the camera with webkam (found in AUR), both webcams work perfectly. Additional info: * package version: kopete 0.60.3 * When running kopete from the konsole, the following messages are repeated while trying to use the webcam: VIDIOC_REQBUFS error 16, Peripheral or ressource busy VIDIOC_STREAMON error 16, Peripheral or ressource busy VIDIOC_DQBUF error 16, Peripheral or ressource busy I have checked and no program is trying to simultaneously access to the webcam. Steps to reproduce: In kopete, go to Options -> Configure -> Video thumbnail Alwys reproducible |
This task depends upon
So I do not think it is depending on the module for the webcam :)
From the wiki:
"Can we expect to see UVC cameras support (http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/)? Kopete shows only green screen when you try to use the camera. Other software (Skype, aMSN) work fine with this driver.
UPDATE: UVC camera (Logitech 9000 Pro) works for me with Kopete 12.7, Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) out of the box."
Our problem is similar: green screen whith kopete while working with other software... May be because kopete version in arch is too old?
I have checked on my computer, and it appeared that the uvcvideo module was always loaded prior to ov511 or pwc loading. Without this module, the image displayed by kopete with the philips USB webcam (pwc) is plain white (but not green!) while the integrated webcam (ov511) is not working and requires uvcvideo to work (with cheese, xawtv or webkam...).
Conclusions:
1. My integrated webcam is an UVC cam and not an OV511.
2. it may be a problem of the arch version of kopete with UVC webcams since it seems to have been solved on ubuntu hardy...