Hi John, On Tuesday 04 December 2007, John Bro wrote: > > > Now, I have compiled and installed uvcvideo, V4L and just about > > > anything vaguely related from apt-get on my Debian lenny 2.6.22-3-k7 > > > But Ekiga still says my video driver doesn't support the requested > > > format. > > Try upgrading to a more recent Ekiga version, and make sure you have > > installed the libpt-plugins-v4l2 package. > > Thanks; Laurent, but it's still not working... which version of ekiga would > you recommend ? > I have 2.03 which is the latest available for lenny from apt-get;
I'm using 2.0.11. I don't know if it will fix your problem, but it might be worth a shot. > I see a version for ubuntu-lenny that has v. 2.0.11 yet uses older libpt > libs than I have on my non-ubuntu lenny and it looks very tricky to install > an ubuntu deb on vanilla debian.. > anyway... > > I have installed the libplugins for V4L2 but nothing has changed except > that now even Skype no longer shows anything in the test window -- even tho > the little blue light does come on, although that already started before I > installed any new libs.. > Ekiga continues to say my video driver doesn't support the requested > format. > > Furthermore, skype never really worked after all since in a real video > call; it would display video for only a few seconds and then freeze. And it > the self-viewing inset would just go blank.. Video support in Skype is still beta so I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work properly. > I'm beginning to wonder if the webcam is defective.. > > Can you or anybody suggest more diagnostics before I send the thing back ? You could try luvcview or ucview, they are both known to work properly with the Linux UVC driver. Best regards, Laurent Pinchart _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
