Re: [Ekiga-list] ekiga on Slackware 12.2 not working usefully... any suggestions?

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

Jim Diamond wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have recently tried
> 	ekiga 3.0.1 + opal 3.4.3 + ptlib 2.4.3
> 	ekiga 3.0.2 + opal 3.4.4 + ptlib 2.4.4
> 	ekiga 3.1.0 + opal 3.6.0 + ptlib 2.6.0
> under Slackware 12.2 (various computers, various kernels).
>
> 3.1.0 doesn't let me use my Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks
> (uvcvideo, needs V4L2 to work at all on my systems), so I gave up on
> that.

If I understand correctly, this webcam does not work on 3.1.0, but works 
on previous releases?

Also, do you mean 3.1.1 (SVN trunk) or 3.1.0?

> The other two versions seem to behave similarly with respect to these
> problems:
>
> (1) The call recipient sees only his own video, the video of the caller
>     is never visible.
>
> (2) If the caller is viewing his own video before making a call, when
>     the call is established, he (apparently) alternately sees his own
>     video frames and frames of the call recipient.  In other words,
>     the video picture is pretty much useless.
>     If the two video resolutions are not the same, the (whole) window
>     changes size with (apparently) each frame change, which adds to
>     the annoyance.
>
>     If the caller was not looking at his own video, he sees the call
>     recipient's video fine.

Could you check if you are hit by 
http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Troubleshooting#I_hear_the_ring.2C_but_the_communication_is_not_established 
?

> This is pretty much a show stopper, so the fact that many people are
> happily using ekiga suggest to me that it must be "me", but I have no
> idea what I'm doing wrong.  Older versions of ekiga worked fine for me
> on older versions of Slackware.

There are many, many different issues which might appear...

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Eugen