On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:48:24 -0600 Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/12/10 12:01, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:04:23 -0600 Bob Goodwin > > <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On 10/12/10 05:38, Tim Waugh wrote: > >>> On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 04:43 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >>>> Where do I look for more level adjustments? > >>> I've found that ekiga has a "whiteness" adjustment control which has had > >>> good results for me. It does seem that getting this right automatically > >>> isn't working quite right. > >>> > >>> I'm using this: > >>> ID 041e:4053 Creative Technology, Ltd Live! Cam Video IM > >>> > >>> Tim. > >>> */ > >>> > > The thread here inflamed my secret desire for having an ancient > > low-cost camera work with linux again. This has only previously worked > > with windoze and i gave up after several weeks of trying to do this. > > Anyway, here is the output of lsusb: > > > > Bus 004 Device 003: ID 041e:401b Creative Technology, Ltd > > > > I installed ekiga, and am lost as to what to do with it. I type: > > > > ekiga > > > > and the terminal just stares back at me. > > > > I tried > > > > ekiga-helper > > > > and the terminal prompt came back after around 12-13 seconds. The only > > command starting with ekiga that I did not try was ekiga-config-tool > > and it was screaming not to left out of the fun, so I did the following: > > > > ekiga-config-tool > > > > Usage: ekiga-config-tool OPTION > > Fixes problems with the Ekiga settings > > > > --clean remove all user settings > > --install-schemas install schemas with default settings (run as root) > > --clean-schemas remove schemas with default settings (run as root) > > --fix-permissions fix permissions of GConf repository (run as root) > > > > I tried the last two, to no avail. > > > > Any suggestions? I looked around at the ekiga wiki/manual: nothing good > > came out of that either. At least the parts that I looked at were for > > people who were already running ekiga: not dumb enough to get stopped > > at the first prompt.... > > > > I am not wedded to ekiga, only to something that might work with my > > webcam (and there is no reason to believe that that might happen also). > > > > Best wishes, > > Ranjan > > guvcview [yum] looks like a good bet. It's working with this > old, inexpensive Logitech camera which in the past functioned > only with Windows! Ekiga probably would work but like you I > gave up on it since I was getting off on a tangent configuring > it when what I was really interested in was just the video > settings for the webcam. > > Good luck. > > Bob Ok, thanks, Bob! However no such luck: I get the following. guvcview guvcview 1.4.2 Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server socket jack server is not running or cannot be started video device: /dev/video0 opening '/sys/class/video4linux' failed: Error opening directory '/sys/class/video4linux': No such file or directory Unable to detect devices on your system ERROR opening V4L interface: No such file or directory Init video returned -1 Segmentation fault Is there some rpm that I am missing? Best wisehs, Ranjan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
