On Friday 03 June 2005 10:04, Damien Sandras wrote: > Le jeudi 02 juin 2005 � 23:59 +0200, Benedek Frank a �crit : > > Hi > > > > I have a Debian Sarge with 2.6.11 kernel on my Sony Vaio PCG-C1VRX/K > > laptop. It has a Motioneye camera built in, that works with many > > video4linux apps, like Xawtv, Effecttv, etc. When I try to make > > gnomemeeting work with this camera, I get an error saying: > > > > When I use the config tool it prompts me to select the video manager. I > > have only one reasonable option which is not (picture) and that is V4L2. > > When I > > I guess there is a bug in the package. Just do 'apt-get install > libpt-plugins-v4l' and choose V4L as plugin. > > V4L2 is unstable and basically rarely usable as most drivers are still > V4L1- based (like it is the case for you). Hi
Great, it works already. Thanks for all the help, I am happy again with my Picturebook. Ben > > > choose this, I click forward I can select Input Device. Two choices > > are /dev/video0 and /dev/video0. Yes the two are the same. No matter > > which of the two I choose, when I click on test, it says Error while > > opening /dev/video0 > > > > When I run xawtv with the following command > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xawtv -c /dev/video0 -geometry 320x240 > > > > I can see the output of the camera. > > > > Now all of this was done when I load the "meye" module by forcing to use > > V4L1, otherwise even xawtv doesnt work. > > > > When I dont do that, and I load the "meye" module as default with V4L2 > > support, I get a different error from gnomemeeting, > > > > "Your driver doesn't seem to support any of the colour formats supported > > by GnomeMeeting. > > Please check your kernel driver documentation in order to determine > > which Palette is supported." > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > Thanks > > > > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > > GnomeMeeting-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnomemeeting-list _______________________________________________ GnomeMeeting-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnomemeeting-list
