Is anyone out there to assist? I'm stuck

On Monday, 4 April 2016 09:09:32 UTC+2, Tinashe Mudavanhu wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am testing an opencv video capture code on my BBB (running Debian 
> Wheezy: Linux beaglebone 3.8.13-bone79 #1 SMP Tue Oct 13 20:44:55 UTC 2015 
> armv7l GNU/Linux) but getting a *select timeout error* everytime i run 
> the program. Now i am behind schedule of my final year Iris recognition 
> system Project. (In case you want to know why i am going through this video 
> capture code, it is for tracking the eyes then capture an image that will 
> be processed to obtain an IrisCode.)
>
> I installed opencv 3.0.0 following instructions on 
> http://www.pyimagesearch.com/2015/06/22/install-opencv-3-0-and-python-2-7-on-ubuntu/#comment-393561
>  
> , but had to turn off ffmpeg (suggested on one of the forums: 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31663498/opencv-3-0-0-make-error-with-ffmpeg/31818445#31818445
>  
> ) after obtaining a compilation errors but firstly i had compiled ffmpeg 
> from source.
>
> Below is the Video_Capturing code i tested with;
>
> import numpy as np
> import cv2
>
> cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
>
> while(True):
>      # Capture frame-by-frame
>      ret, frame = cap.read()
>
>      # Our operations on the frame come here
>      gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
>
>      # Display the resulting frame
>      cv2.imshow('frame',gray)
>      if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
>          break
>
> # When everything done, release the capture
> cap.release()
> cv2.destroyAllWindows()
>  
>
> After running the code i am obtaining the following information  (*Note*: 
> The frame is only opening when i run the python script in LXTerminal 
> accessed through tightvnc. It is failing to run through ssh);
>
> oot@beaglebone:~/Project/Testing# python Video_Streaming.py
>
> (process:1488): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
>         Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":1".
> select timeout
> select timeout
> select timeout
> select timeout
> ^Cselect timeout
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "Video_Streaming.py", line 8, in <module>
>     ret, frame = cap.read()
> KeyboardInterrupt
> root@beaglebone:~/Project/Testing#
>
>
> I'm stuck i need your help.
>
>

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