Re: Cheese Can't Start

[David Greengas <dave greengas gmail com>]

Elaine Xiong wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I download cheese 2.21.5 and build it , meantime download
> gstreamer0.10.15/gstreamer-plugins-base0.10.15/gstreamer-plugins-good0.10.6
> and build and install. Everything looks ok. But When I run Cheese -v I
> get the following  msg,
>
> device: /dev/video0
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> My webcam is Logitech QuickCam for Notebook which complies with V4L2
> SPEC, and works well with Ekiga with V4L2 plugin.
>
> I guess it's related to V4L2 plugin of gstreamer since there is only V4L
> plugin in gstreamer-plugins-base. I don't know if there should be V4L2
> plugin supported in gstreamer-plugin. Anyway gstreamer-properties shows
> no V4L2 plugin in video tab.
>
> My system is Ubuntu 7.10 - the Gusty Gibbon
>
> Any idea with this?
>
> Thanks,
> Best Regards,
> Elaine
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Elaine,

When you configure gstreamer-plugins-good choose --enable-experimental 
as part of the autobuild options. This will enable v4l2.