Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] GM color format error opening pwc device (Creative Webcam PRO eX)



Hello,

that is a bug in the pwc driver. You have to either :
- load pwcx, the binary module
OR
- upgrade to GnomeMeeting 1.0.2 which contains a workaround for that bug

Le ven, 25/06/2004 à 20:00 -0400, yarger a écrit :
> I received the following error after starting GM:
> 
> Your driver doesn't seem to support any of the colour formats supported
> by GnomeMeeting.
>  Please check your kernel driver documentation in order to determine
> which Palette is supported. Set it as GnomeMeeting default with:
>  gconftool --set "/apps/gnomemeeting/devices/color_format" YOURPALETTE
> --type string
> 
> Here is my configuration:
> Mandrake Linux 10.0 Official (pwc module) (kernel: 2.6.3-7)
> GM 0.98.5
> Creative WebCam PRO eX
> 
> This link states that pwc only delivers the YUV420P palette:
> http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/api.html#palette
> 
> In accordance with the error message, I entered the following command:
> gconftool --set "/apps/gnomemeeting/devices/color_format" YUV420P --type
> string
> 
> I continued to receive the same error after entering this configuration.
> 
> I verified that the default version of pwc that comes with ML10 does
> support my webcam by installing and successfully receiving video using
> the pwc developer's CamStream application.  Without "tainting" the
> kernel with pwcx, it appears that the video is limited to QSIF
> (160x120).
> 
> Any ideas?  Does the YOURPALETTE variable need to be in a certain
> syntax?  Does GM support the YUV420P palette?
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
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