General V4L problems in Intrepid
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libv4l (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: lib32v4l-0
Ok, this is really hard to pinpoint.... Since moving to Intrepid 32bit (fresh install) on my Dell XPS m1330 laptop, I am experiencing severe webcam troubles both with the build-in cam that uses uvcvideo as well as with an external gspca cam that announces itself using the "sonixj" driver.
Video used to work for both cams for Flash 10, Skype and Ekiga, but since playing with Cheese and coming across bug #290506 it has stopped working in nearly all cases. They sporadically worked again for short periods but not realiably.
I get many diverse error messages. Cheese sometimes segfaults, Skype complains "process `skype' is using obsolete setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT". The diverse range of applications affected leads me to believe that this is either a bug in V4L in general, in our implementation of that or maybe even in gstreamer as some people have suggested in other reports I've seen.
I am happy to provide as much input and log files as needed, I njust don't have enough experience with the video stack to know where to start in this case.
