I came across the instructions here and tested with my camera: http://www.oz9aec.net/index.php/gstreamer/473-using-the-logitech-c920-webcam-with-gstreamer
The B990 seems to be much the same as C920, the v4l2-ctl output is identical I tried the qv4l2 utility as described in that blog I noticed much the same problem that I have with empathy: if I start the video capture in qv4l2, it brings up a capture window that is all black. If I stop and then start the capture again, the picture is there. So, the problem may not be unique to empathy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

