On 06/02/2014 08:25 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Armin K. wrote: >> On 06/02/2014 07:16 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >>> Christopher Gregory wrote: >>> >>>> Not sure if you passed the --enable-vp8 to the configure line for >>>> libvpx, >>>> but that *may* be the issue. I don't have a camera, but quick >>>> search of >>>> google lead that you needed the libvxp installed, which you do have, so >>>> just a stab in the dark on my part. :) >>> >>> It does not seem to be necessary. I just used the instructions in the >>> book and I do have >>> >>> $ ldd `which vpxdec` >>> linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff9c155000) >>> libvpx.so.1 => /usr/lib/libvpx.so.1 (0x00007f3d23bc6000) >>> libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007f3d238c2000) >>> libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f3d236a4000) >>> libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f3d232f6000) >>> /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f3d23fce000) >>> >>> $ vpxdec >>> Usage: vpxdec <options> filename >>> ... >>> Included decoders: >>> >>> vp8 - WebM Project VP8 Decoder v1.3.0 >>> vp9 - WebM Project VP9 Decoder v1.3.0 > >> gstreamer-1.2.x vpx decored is part of gst-plugins-good. It was moved >> from gst-plugins-bad-1.0.x iirc. libvpx should be added as a recommended >> dep to gst-plugins-good-1.2.x instead of gst-plugins-bad-1.2.x. > > Thanks. I got another message that said essentially the same thing. > Rebuilding in the correct order got rid of the error message. > > Now I don't get the error message. Unfortunately, cheese still doesn't > work for me. I have a black window. Actually, there are several problems. > > The only menu item is "Cheese" and that has submenu items: Fullscreen, > Preferences, Help, About, and Quit. Help doesn't work. I get the message: > > ** Message: cheese-application.vala:478: Error opening help: Operation > not supported > > I'm not sure what this means. I'll note here that I have not yet built > any browser for this system. If that's all it takes, I can do that. > Does anyone know how the help system works? >
Install Yelp. > More importantly, I get a black window and some greyed out controls. > > It may be that the camera has to be turned on. This is a built in > camera on the laptop and I don't know how to turn it on and off if that > is indeed the problem. Can anyone help in this area? > You need a kernel driver for it. My built-in camera uses CONFIG_USB_VIDEO_CLASS video driver (USB Video Class). Drivers for cameras are in Drivers -> Multimedia. I don't know how to help more here. To see if any driver claimed it, check if /dev/video0 exists (given that there's only one camera) and gstreamer will take care of "turning it on". > I also have to look very closely for the controls but that may be the > theme. I can experiment with themes to see if I can change visibility. > > One last thing is that the preferences drop down boxes look weird. This > may also be a theme issue. > Try installing gnome-themes-standard? > -- Bruce > > > > > -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
