Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video
Hey, Could you please still reproduce this bug ? what is the cheese version ? thanks regards althaser
Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video
I'm afraid that machine now lives its busy life as ubuntu 12.04 so I can't reproduce it very easily. Though, if I can get a couple of hours access to the h/w again, I can probably give it a try. But, since I do have limited access to the machine, it would be useful if perhaps you could email me beforehand any test scenarios and information requests that spring to mind, for tracking particulars. As for version, it was a completely fresh 6.0 install off the net at the time, but I didn't log the versions of packages. I didn't keep installation media, so I will need to try the present debian 6, and maybe 7 as well (especially if it still shows up on 6). regards, Ralph. On 21/02/14 01:54, althaser wrote: Hey, Could you please still reproduce this bug ? what is the cheese version ? thanks regards althaser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video
Package: general Severity: important I just installed a fresh Debian 6.0, and got the problem that video doesn't show, specifically in skype (neither preview nor call) and cheese (preview). The webcam appears to work fine, since it shows up at the remote end on skype call (but I see nothing here), and cheese captures pictures nicely. Also, when I ssh from another host with ForwardX11, then skype (both preview and call) and cheese preview show video on that host. Thus, I'm guessing on something with X but don't know where or what. The host is a Sony Vaio Z with: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.6 APT prefers stable APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (400, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video
On Fri, 2013-01-11 at 00:44 +1100, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: Package: general Severity: important I just installed a fresh Debian 6.0, and got the problem that video doesn't show, specifically in skype (neither preview nor call) and cheese (preview). The webcam appears to work fine, since it shows up at the remote end on skype call (but I see nothing here), and cheese captures pictures nicely. Also, when I ssh from another host with ForwardX11, then skype (both preview and call) and cheese preview show video on that host. Thus, I'm guessing on something with X but don't know where or what. The host is a Sony Vaio Z with: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) Please install libv4l-0 and copy this launcher # aptitude install libv4l-0 # cp skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop This should fix your issue and probably all those googling for skype+debian+webcam Cheers, skype.desktop Description: application/desktop signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#697854: closed by Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org (Re: Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video)
Well, as far as I can see it's a problem with the X server software rather than anything else, or the particular collection of packages I got on that installation. It happens with both cheese and skype, which are the things I've tried, while guvcview fails to run completely, with the note Fatal:g_thread NOT supported' (a different problem). Perhaps you would you be able to direct me to a better place to lodge this, if this is the wrong place? regards, Ralph. On 11/01/13 01:09, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report which was filed against the general package: #697854: general: Fail to display video It has been closed by Holger Levsenhol...@layer-acht.org. Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Holger Levsenhol...@layer-acht.org by replying to this email. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video
On Fri, 2013-01-11 at 00:44 +1100, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: Package: general Severity: important I just installed a fresh Debian 6.0, and got the problem that video doesn't show, specifically in skype (neither preview nor call) and cheese (preview). The webcam appears to work fine, since it shows up at the remote end on skype call (but I see nothing here), and cheese captures pictures nicely. Also, when I ssh from another host with ForwardX11, then skype (both preview and call) and cheese preview show video on that host. Thus, I'm guessing on something with X but don't know where or what. The host is a Sony Vaio Z with: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) aptitude install libv4l-0:i386 cp skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop This should fix your issue and probably all those googling for skype+debian+webcam Cheers, skype.desktop Description: application/desktop signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video
I'm afraid I have tried this; I have libv4l-0 installed, and tried the LD_PRELOAD variants as well. No luck :-( The point is that it does work fine when displaying on another host via ssh with X11 forwarding (though skype needs LD_PRELOAD). (Possibly plain remote X11 as well, but I don't have that set up) This leads me to believe there's something with the X server subsystem. In any case I need help to dig into it. Ralph. On 11/01/13 01:43, Abou Al Montacir wrote: On Fri, 2013-01-11 at 00:44 +1100, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: Package: general Severity: important I just installed a fresh Debian 6.0, and got the problem that video doesn't show, specifically in skype (neither preview nor call) and cheese (preview). The webcam appears to work fine, since it shows up at the remote end on skype call (but I see nothing here), and cheese captures pictures nicely. Also, when I ssh from another host with ForwardX11, then skype (both preview and call) and cheese preview show video on that host. Thus, I'm guessing on something with X but don't know where or what. The host is a Sony Vaio Z with: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) Please install libv4l-0 and copy this launcher # aptitude install libv4l-0 # cp skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop This should fix your issue and probably all those googling for skype+debian+webcam Cheers, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#697854: closed by Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org (Re: Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video)
reopen 697854 reassign 697854 cheese thanks # dear cheese maintainers, # below is some context, please read the full bug log for full context ;) Hi Ralph, On Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2013, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: Well, as far as I can see it's a problem with the X server software rather than anything else, or the particular collection of packages I got on that installation. It happens with both cheese and skype, which are the things I've tried, while guvcview fails to run completely, with the note Fatal:g_thread NOT supported' (a different problem). Perhaps you would you be able to direct me to a better place to lodge this, if this is the wrong place? as this bug also occurs with cheese, I've reopened and reassigned it there. Thanks for your help in tracking this error down! cheers, Holger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#697854: closed by Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org (Re: Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video)
On 10.01.2013 19:15, Holger Levsen wrote: reopen 697854 reassign 697854 cheese thanks # dear cheese maintainers, # below is some context, please read the full bug log for full context ;) Hi Ralph, On Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2013, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: Well, as far as I can see it's a problem with the X server software rather than anything else, or the particular collection of packages I got on that installation. It happens with both cheese and skype, which are the things I've tried, while guvcview fails to run completely, with the note Fatal:g_thread NOT supported' (a different problem). Perhaps you would you be able to direct me to a better place to lodge this, if this is the wrong place? as this bug also occurs with cheese, I've reopened and reassigned it there. Thanks for your help in tracking this error down! Why should a problem in skype be a symptom for a cheese problem? We rather re-assign that to general or close it again. The bug report is not really useful as is. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#697854: closed by Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org (Re: Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video)
The problem in cheese is that the preview display is black. It does snap from the webcam but the preview screen remains black. But, if I run cheese with X11 redirection to another server, then the preview display on it is not black. That's how it relates to cheese. I don't know anything about the details, but I would agree that this probably comes up due to some kind of library mismatch in X or how cheese (and other programs) use X. Tonight I will test Anne Bezemer's solution (that I got via direct email), which is to use DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 rather than the default, and hopefully get it working in that way. Whichever: this clearly is a bug in Debian 6.0 (on that machine). Last week I had Linux Mint 12 on the same machine, and not this problem; it operated the display without workarounds. It probably is not local to cheese, but cheese is a good and easy way of triggering it. Hopefully this bug can remain open, though filed in the right bucket, at least until I have my workaround. And then someone with deeper insight might make something useful of it. regards, Ralph. On 11/01/13 11:50, Michael Biebl wrote: On 10.01.2013 19:15, Holger Levsen wrote: reopen 697854 reassign 697854 cheese thanks # dear cheese maintainers, # below is some context, please read the full bug log for full context ;) Hi Ralph, On Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2013, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: Well, as far as I can see it's a problem with the X server software rather than anything else, or the particular collection of packages I got on that installation. It happens with both cheese and skype, which are the things I've tried, while guvcview fails to run completely, with the note Fatal:g_thread NOT supported' (a different problem). Perhaps you would you be able to direct me to a better place to lodge this, if this is the wrong place? as this bug also occurs with cheese, I've reopened and reassigned it there. Thanks for your help in tracking this error down! Why should a problem in skype be a symptom for a cheese problem? We rather re-assign that to general or close it again. The bug report is not really useful as is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#697854: closed by Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org (Re: Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video)
Ok; No luck with X11 redirection either, and now it segfaults. The following is from my run attempt of cheese under gdb: - Reading symbols from /usr/bin/cheese...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) r Starting program: /usr/bin/cheese [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0x7fffec017700 (LWP 3483)] [Thread 0x7fffec017700 (LWP 3483) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffec017700 (LWP 3484)] [Thread 0x7fffec017700 (LWP 3484) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffec017700 (LWP 3485)] [Thread 0x7fffec017700 (LWP 3485) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffec017700 (LWP 3486)] [New Thread 0x7fffe3fff700 (LWP 3487)] [New Thread 0x7fffe37fe700 (LWP 3488)] [New Thread 0x7fffe2ffd700 (LWP 3489)] [New Thread 0x7fffe27fc700 (LWP 3490)] [Thread 0x7fffec017700 (LWP 3486) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffec017700 (LWP 3494)] [Thread 0x7fffec017700 (LWP 3494) exited] The program 'cheese' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'. (Details: serial 77 error_code 11 request_code 132 minor_code 19) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) [Thread 0x7fffe2ffd700 (LWP 3489) exited] [Thread 0x7fffe27fc700 (LWP 3490) exited] [Thread 0x7fffe37fe700 (LWP 3488) exited] [Thread 0x7fffe3fff700 (LWP 3487) exited] Program exited with code 01. This machine is hereby being demoted to Ubuntu 12.04 32bit (though with xfce rather than gnome) fingers crossed :-) cheers, Ralph. On 11/01/13 11:50, Michael Biebl wrote: On 10.01.2013 19:15, Holger Levsen wrote: reopen 697854 reassign 697854 cheese thanks # dear cheese maintainers, # below is some context, please read the full bug log for full context ;) Hi Ralph, On Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2013, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: Well, as far as I can see it's a problem with the X server software rather than anything else, or the particular collection of packages I got on that installation. It happens with both cheese and skype, which are the things I've tried, while guvcview fails to run completely, with the note Fatal:g_thread NOT supported' (a different problem). Perhaps you would you be able to direct me to a better place to lodge this, if this is the wrong place? as this bug also occurs with cheese, I've reopened and reassigned it there. Thanks for your help in tracking this error down! Why should a problem in skype be a symptom for a cheese problem? We rather re-assign that to general or close it again. The bug report is not really useful as is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
