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I have a computer relatively new with Fedora 10. I have bought a webcam, plugged it in, run cheese and the webcam works perfectly. So, it is supported by the kernel.
Than, the hard part...
I have tried to use X-LITE, Skype and now QNext and the camera does not works on these apps. All I see is a black or scrambled colored noise pattern.
Qnext gave me this errro message
Device 'v4l:5' detection failed: java.lang.Error: Can't open video card 5
Video device 'v4l:6' detection failed: java.lang.Error: Can't open video card 6
Video device 'v4l:7' detection failed: java.lang.Error: Can't open video card 7
Video device 'v4l:8' detection failed: java.lang.Error: Can't open video card 8
Video device 'v4l:9' detection failed: java.lang.Error: Can't open video card 9
Finished detecting Video capture - 0 devices found
The camera shows perfectly as /dev/video0 when I plug it in.
So, if the kernel supports it, what is the matter with linux? WTF!
I have tested on UBUNTU, on another box, and I have the same problem.
Any suggestions?
thanks for your time.
I've had fairly horrible luck with f10 and webcams. If at all possible, I'd suggest upgrading to f11 or 12, which has far more robust support. – Babu – 2010-02-05T22:43:09.410
1@Joe Internet: Oh please...read his question. The webcam is working perfectly with Cheese (Open Source) and not with Skype, X-Lite and QNext (all three Closed Source). – Bobby – 2010-02-05T22:59:50.460
Is your platform 64-bit? If it is, sometimes the v4l libraries have compatibility issues. The LD_PRELOAD solution worked for me and skype. – None – 2010-02-06T22:21:13.293
1Camera's model? What does
v4l-info
show? – liori – 2009-12-21T21:37:17.833Any related messages on dmesg or /var/log/messages \ /var/log/syslog ? – Suppressingfire – 2009-12-21T23:06:12.240
1No WTFs needed. The "standard Linux response" here is that since Linux is open source, if you don't like what's available, you're free to develop your own solution. Not trying to be flip; Linux is what it is only by the generosity (some would say foolishness...) of others. – Joe Internet – 2009-12-21T23:22:34.877