Re: [Ekiga-list] ANNOUNCE - Ekiga 3.2.5 [STABLE] available

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

Jim Diamond wrote:
> On Tue, Jul  7, 2009 at 21:31 (+0200), Eugen Dedu wrote:
>
> Thanks for the quick response.
>
> > Jim Diamond wrote:
>
> > > I tried compiling this on Knoppix 6.0.1
>
> > > In the end I could not convince Knoppix, apt-get and ekiga's configure
> > > script to see eye-to-eye regarding dbus, and had to configure it with
> > > 	--disable-dbus
>
> > The main error is here.  What is the error with dbus enabled?
>
> Here is the end of the output from configure:
>
> ------------------
> checking for XV... yes
> checking for DBUS... configure: error: Package requirements (dbus-1 >= 0.36 dbus-glib-1 >= 0.36) were not met:
>
> No package 'dbus-1' found
> No package 'dbus-glib-1' found
>
> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
> installed software in a non-standard prefix.
>
> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables DBUS_CFLAGS
> and DBUS_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
> See the pkg-config man page for more details.
> ------------------
>
> OK, I'll just try installing dubs-1:
>
> ------------------
> sudo apt-get install dbus-1
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> Package dbus-1 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> However the following packages replace it:
>   dbus
> E: Package dbus-1 has no installation candidate
> ------------------
>
> It may well just be that I am not debian-compliant, but I don't know
> what to install, and a (quick) web search did not help me on this one.
>
>
> If someone can tell me how to make configure happy, I'd be even
> happier.  Or tell me which packages to install...
>
>
> I tried fooling configure by saying
> env DBUS_LIB=" " DBUS_CFLAGS=" " ./configure ...
> but some compile or link eventually crashed and burned.
>
>
>
> > > Problem 1
> > > ---------
> > > Unfortunately, it is unable to see any audio or video devices this
> > > way.  Does it use dbus to figure out the a/v devices, or do the
> > > assembled masses think my problem is unrelated to that?
>
> > I think dbus is mandatory for device discovery.  Could someone confirm?
>
> > > I also compiled it on Slackware 12.2 (an infinitely simpler process
> > > than for Knoppix, as it turns out, using slight mods of the SlackBuild
> > > scripts on www.slackbuild.org).
>
> > > Problem 2
> > > ---------
> > > On Slackware ekiga refuses to see my ov511 web cam, although it is
> > > happy with my Logitech web cam (a pwc-based web cam).  Has ekiga given
> > > up on older web cams?  This web cam works happily with other video
> > > applications on that system.
>
> > Have you libv4l library installed?  If yes, please send the -d 4 output...
> I have libv4l-0.5.7 compiled and installed with the Slackware 12.2 slackbuild.
>
> The output is a bit large to include here.  You can get it from
> 	http://cs.acadiau.ca/~jdiamond/ekiga-d4.out
>
> As I recall, older versions of ekiga (or maybe gnomemeeting) got you
> to select V4L or V4L2.  I don't see that choice any more.  The camera
> that works required, as I recall, V4L2 whereas this one required V4L.
> So maybe the code to deal with V4L vs. V4L2 has an issue.

You also need to add --enable-v4l in ptlib to enable v4l, since by 
default it is not activated (cf. 
http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Compiling_Ekiga#PTLib_2).

--
Eugen