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

[yarger <john yarger charter net>]

Thanks for your support Damien.  I'll upgrade to GnomeMeeting 1.0.2.

On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 08:45, Damien Sandras wrote:
> 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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