[Ekiga-list] green screen

[Rainer Bachl]

I want to confirm the problem reported by Gene Imes.
The webcam screen remains green in Ekiga also with my setup.
I am using a Creative Live! Cam Optia with v4l2 and
the Linux driver for USB video class (linux-uvc).

No errors are reported, the webcam works with
some other software without problems (Kopete).

Disconnecting and re-connecting the webcam
does not make any difference. Restarting Ekiga
does not help.

When using the "Configuration Druid", the "test settings"
for the webcam are sometimes ok, sometimes they fail
with the error message "Failed to open the device. Could not
open the chosen channel for the chosen video format".
This error vanishes when disconnecting and re-connecting
the webcam. However, regardless whether the Webcam test
settings fail or run successful, the problem with
the green webcam screen persists.

linux-uvc is the newest version from subversion source
code repository, Ekiga is version 2.05, pwlib is
version 1.10.4. I am running Gnome under a Gentoo system.

Thanks.

Rainer


     * From: Gene Imes <ebi5 ozob net>
     * To: Ekiga mailing list <ekiga-list gnome org>
     * Subject: Re: [Ekiga-list] green screen
     * Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:41:57 -0600

Damien Sandras wrote:

     Le dimanche 04 f�ier 2007 �9:09 -0600, Gene Imes a �it :

         Damien Sandras wrote:

             Le jeudi 25 janvier 2007 �0:04 -0600, Gene Imes a �it :

                 I have a Bodelin ProScopeHR which is uvc compliant. 
This device works fine with luvcview (a link to it on this page 
http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html). The driver is a v4l2 driver.

                 However in ekiga the screen is green. I can see video. 
A screenshot is here:

                 http://ozob.net/luvc/ekiga-screen-shot.jpg

             If I was you, I would complain to the driver author.


                 Thanks for any help,


         Yes, I did that. Guess what they said. They suggested I 
complain to this group.

         I have tried two different v4l2 applications other that ekiga 
and they function properly. Perhaps someone knows why this might be a 
driver problem.

     Does it work if you unplug / replug the webcam ?

     (suggestion from Luc)

Yes, if I click the little webcam on the left side 'Display images from 
your camera device' off then on. But it is still green.

Thanks,


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