On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 12:33 +0000, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:40:25 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 05:46 +0300, Waleed Harbi wrote:
> >> I intalled latest skype، and you need instal UVC webcam driver
> >
> > Or maybe the GSPCA driver (from Livna), depending on your camera
> > make/model.
> >
> > Then see the Skype -> Options -> Video Devices tab. Latest Skype is
> > skype-2.0.0.68-fc5.i586.
> >
> >
> [...]
>
>
> Are you saying that skype only works with the uvc or the gspca drivers?
> Because I do have the Quickcam working under linux (e.g. I can grab
> images with xawtv), and lsmod shows
>
> quickcam_messenger 14917 0
> usbvideo 25925 1 quickcam_messenger
>
> so these are the drivers it's using. Skype does see the camera, but when
> I click on "TEST" in the little test window under options/video, the
> window remains black, no image. And also I don't have any start/stop
> video buttons in the chat window, or in any menu in skype.
Sorry, no that's not what I intended to suggest. If the camera is
working, Skype should see it.
On the other hand, I had the following mysterious experience the other
day: Suddenly, Skype wouldn't see the camera (same symptoms you
describe). After fooling around with a couple of other camera apps and
rebooting (and I don't recall for sure in what sequence I did these
things), it started working again.
Do you have the latest Skype, latest kernel, latest version of your
camera driver?
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
