[Novalug] SUCCESS!! was Re: Testing a webcam

[Rich Goodwin]

OK - I am exaggerating in user desirability but I now video from the
webcam in an app.  I used "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
cheese" to get cheese (and skype) to display - albeit ugly - no,  not
the source .. ;-) .... the resolution is 600x480 not the 800x600 max
resolution.  And lighting is bad in my office - great excuse to go
outside on a sunny day!!

How'd I find this?? I stumbled across a reference on a Fedora site which
jived with Greg's comment.

Rich

On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 18:42 -0400, Rich Goodwin wrote:
> Just noticed - webcam outputs AVI!!  luvcview reported bad format which
> tipped me off to reread the install info.  Now I can look at something!
> 
> Rich
> 
> On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 18:29 -0400, Rich Goodwin wrote:
> >      1. openSuSE 11.? 
> >      2. Winbook webcam WB-6120
> > 
> > I get the same green screen in skype, vlc ... and in camorama (Thanks
> > Mackenzie!).
> > 
> > I played with zypper and noticed in /var/log/messages "no devices
> > found" - interesting because the camera is turned on (at least the
> > green LED comes on).  
> > 
> >         Jun  7 15:36:08 linux-zrh2 kcheckpass[31301]: Authentication
> >         failure for rich (invoked by uid 1000)
> >         Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: usb 4-1: new full speed USB
> >         device using uhci_hcd and address 4
> >         Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: usb 4-1: configuration #1
> >         chosen from 1 choice
> >         Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: gspca: probing 093a:2621
> >         Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: gspca: probe ok
> >         Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: gspca: probing 093a:2621
> >         Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: usb 4-1: New USB device
> >         found, idVendor=093a, idProduct=2621
> >         Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: usb 4-1: New USB device
> >         strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
> >         Jun  7 16:20:03 linux-zrh2 pulseaudio[4961]: alsa-util.c:
> >         Device hw:2 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
> >         Jun  7 16:20:03 linux-zrh2 pulseaudio[4961]: alsa-util.c:
> >         Device hw:2 doesn't support 2 channels, changed to 1.
> >         Jun  7 16:21:05 linux-zrh2 syslog-ng[2211]: Log statistics;
> >         Jun  7 16:21:20 linux-zrh2 su: (to root) rich on /dev/pts/3
> >         Jun  7 16:22:34 linux-zrh2 sudo:     rich : TTY=pts/3 ;
> >         PWD=/tmp ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/zypper install vlc-noX
> >         Jun  7 16:22:53 linux-zrh2 sudo:     rich : TTY=pts/3 ;
> >         PWD=/tmp ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/zypper install vlc-noX
> >         Jun  7 16:30:18 linux-zrh2 su: (to root) rich on /dev/pts/5
> >         Jun  7 16:30:18 linux-zrh2 su: (to root) rich on /dev/pts/5
> >         Jun  7 16:37:46 linux-zrh2 kernel: lp: driver loaded but no
> >         devices found
> >         Jun  7 16:37:46 linux-zrh2 kernel: lp: driver loaded but no
> >         devices found
> >         Jun  7 16:37:50 linux-zrh2 kernel: lp: driver loaded but no
> >         devices found
> >         Jun  7 16:44:52 linux-zrh2 su: (to root) rich on /dev/pts/3
> > 
> > I may plug it into Ubuntu to see what it says .... fedora is a next
> > one - in a VirtualBox setting though... that raises different
> > potential issues.
> > 
> > I  did change permissions on /dev/video0 to 666 (was 660) since it is
> > owned by root.video.
> > 
> > Rich
> > 
> > On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 16:07 -0400, greg pryzby wrote:
> > > >         usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and
> > > address 3
> > > >         usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> > > >         g
> > -- 
> > 
> > 
> > Remember, all Windows machines are, by definition, fault tolerant.
> > 
> >               They run Windows don't they!!
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