Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga 3.2.5 fails to use wy USB webcam from Eeepc

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

Frédéric Boiteux wrote:
> Le Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:10:02 +0200,
> Frédéric Boiteux <fboiteux calistel com> a écrit :
>
> > Le Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:06:04 +0200,
> > Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr> a écrit :
> >
> > > Hi Frédéric,
> > >
> > > 1. There was a very recent commit which has a fix for some cameras 
> > > (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2821189&group_id=204472&atid=989748), 
> > > maybe it fixes for you, could you test the latest svn/git instead of
> > > 3.2.5? 2. Could you also install libv4l (not available in stable I
> > > think) and recompile everything (ptlib/opal/ekiga)?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Eugen
> >   Hi Eugen,
> >
> >   I've already "backported" libv4l to be able to build Debian's ekiga
> > package. I'll try to compile the svn/git version and tell you what it
> > does.
>
>   Hi Eugen,
>
>   I've recompiled ptlib with given patch, and then Ekiga, but it
> doesn't change : the camera is detected, but no image available. In
> Ekiga 3, I didn't find how to test webcam as in Ekiga 2's account
> setup. I only can look at 'View' menu, there, all video items are
> disabled…

Make View->Show Call Panel, and there is a button for seeing what the 
camera produces.  Do you see anything?

What does "ls -lR /usr/lib/ptlib*" show?

Do you see the camera in Preferences->Video->Devices?

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Eugen