Thanks for the bug report.

I can't say anything about this, as it runs fine here.

From the TU wiki page I assume, that you are using a 32Bit system, so you use Bjørn's build, but that should as fine as my package for 64bit.

What does "$ls -la /usr/share/cheese/effects" return?

I talk to Bjørn, and if it is working fine on his machine I will talk to upstream directly.

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-01-15 18:47 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2008-01-15 18:47 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70211 2008-01-15 18:47 dicetv.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23551 2008-01-15 18:47 edgetv.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 75555 2008-01-15 18:47 Hulk.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67594 2008-01-15 18:47 identity.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57137 2008-01-15 18:47 Mauve.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34560 2008-01-15 18:47 NoirBlanc.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19489 2008-01-15 18:47 Saturation.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14272 2008-01-15 18:47 shagadelictv.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 79539 2008-01-15 18:47 vertigotv.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67830 2008-01-15 18:47 videoflip_h.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67043 2008-01-15 18:47 videoflip_v.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54572 2008-01-15 18:47 warptv.png

Screenshot-Cheese.png shows what I am seeing after clicking the Effects button.

Ok, I mailed the maintainer about that.

Is there any output you got when running "$ cheese" on the command-line?

please run cheese -v and paste that output. is the console showing any hints?

[neil@aurora ~]$ cheese -v
Detected webcam: Mustek Wcamm300A 2
device: /dev/v4l/video0
video/x-raw-yuv 160 x 120 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-yuv 320 x 240 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-yuv 640 x 480 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-yuv 320 x 240 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-rgb 160 x 120 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-rgb 320 x 240 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-rgb 640 x 480 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-rgb 320 x 240 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-rgb 160 x 120 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-rgb 320 x 240 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-rgb 640 x 480 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-rgb 320 x 240 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-rgb 160 x 120 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-rgb 320 x 240 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-rgb 640 x 480 num_framerates 1
25/1
video/x-raw-rgb 320 x 240 num_framerates 1
25/1
v4lsrc name=video_source device=/dev/v4l/video0 ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=640,height=480,framerate=25/1 ! identity

Just a thought, previously I ran cheese-0.3.0 (which I built from AUR) and it worked fine. This version has been installed from a Community package. I'll try building this version and see what happens.

hmmm... i dont know what changed in the move to community, but maybe something like cairo is missing on your system?

I built cheese myself and the result is the same. All the dependencies required by the PKGBUILD were obviously met for the build to complete. I even deinstalled the existing version before installing the built package and pacman output the following:

(1/1) removing cheese [##################################################################################################] 100%
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/usr/share/gconf/schemas/cheese.schemas"
Failed to open `/usr/share/gconf/schemas/cheese.schemas': No such file or directory

This occurs each time cheese is removed even though cheese.schemas is installed in the directory mentioned.

schemas dont have anything to do with the effect pictures...

could you post this bug on bugzilla.gnome.org?

thanks

Yes, the schema stuff is strange, I reinstall Cheese from scratch to maybe reproduce this.

I reviewed the diffs, but only the depencies were update (see attachment).

Also attached the original 0.3-PKGBUILD made by daniel.

I'll file the bug at GNOME Bugzilla tomorrow (my greylisting is delaying a password change on that) and try rebuilding 0.3.0 from the PKGBUILD. I assume cheese.install hasn't changed between the versions?

i wonder if this is distro specific or not...

Yes, cheese.install is still the same.

Pls don't forget to post a Bugzilla link here so that we can solve the problem as quick as possible.

Thanks in advance!

Posted to bugs.gnome.org as Bug 509855. Included is a complete list of the PKGBUILD library dependency versions I currently have.

Thanks Neil for reporting upstream ( http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=509855 ).

I watch that bug so that it hopefully gets fixed ASAP in both cheese and arch (to whatever it is related).

I found that the problem goes away by adding the following to /etc/xorg.conf:

Section "Screen"
...
Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
...
EndSection

I know this option is often required for Compiz-Fusion but it appears to benefit Metacity also.

Ok, thanks Neil.

Sadly we can not enforce any specific xorg.conf for cheese.

So I don't know how to handle this, maybe it's up to cheese to check whether the configuration allows the program to run fine, and otherwise deny starting (like cairo-clock)?

in my opinion, many graphic drivers need that entry for working properly. i wont force that from the distribution side, as most people will enter that line by themself

I think we can assume Archlinux users can do this. Perhaps an entry like the following could be added to the cheese FAQ for others.

Q. Why are my Effect selection buttons displayed as blank grey rectangles?

A. This is a long-standing Xorg bug which affects the "ati" and "radeon" drivers. A reported solution is to include the following in the Device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"

of course!

added: http://live.gnome.org/Cheese/FAQ

Great :)

Thanks to both of you for your help to get down to this!