Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video
Package: general Severity: important I just installed a fresh Debian 6.0, and got the problem that video doesn't show, specifically in skype (neither preview nor call) and cheese (preview). The webcam appears to work fine, since it shows up at the remote end on skype call (but I see nothing here), and cheese captures pictures nicely. Also, when I ssh from another host with ForwardX11, then skype (both preview and call) and cheese preview show video on that host. Thus, I'm guessing on something with X but don't know where or what. The host is a Sony Vaio Z with: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.6 APT prefers stable APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (400, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130110134403.6652.65911.reportbug@soffa
Bug#697854: closed by Holger Levsen (Re: Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video)
Well, as far as I can see it's a problem with the X server software rather than anything else, or the particular collection of packages I got on that installation. It happens with both cheese and skype, which are the things I've tried, while guvcview fails to run completely, with the note "Fatal:g_thread NOT supported' (a different problem). Perhaps you would you be able to direct me to a better place to lodge this, if this is the wrong place? regards, Ralph. On 11/01/13 01:09, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report which was filed against the general package: #697854: general: Fail to display video It has been closed by Holger Levsen. Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Holger Levsen by replying to this email. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50eed47a.6030...@gmail.com
Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video
I'm afraid I have tried this; I have libv4l-0 installed, and tried the LD_PRELOAD variants as well. No luck :-( The point is that it does work fine when displaying on another host via ssh with X11 forwarding (though skype needs LD_PRELOAD). (Possibly plain remote X11 as well, but I don't have that set up) This leads me to believe there's something with the X server subsystem. In any case I need help to dig into it. Ralph. On 11/01/13 01:43, Abou Al Montacir wrote: On Fri, 2013-01-11 at 00:44 +1100, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: Package: general Severity: important I just installed a fresh Debian 6.0, and got the problem that video doesn't show, specifically in skype (neither preview nor call) and cheese (preview). The webcam appears to work fine, since it shows up at the remote end on skype call (but I see nothing here), and cheese captures pictures nicely. Also, when I ssh from another host with ForwardX11, then skype (both preview and call) and cheese preview show video on that host. Thus, I'm guessing on something with X but don't know where or what. The host is a Sony Vaio Z with: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) Please install libv4l-0 and copy this launcher # aptitude install libv4l-0 # cp skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop This should fix your issue and probably all those googling for skype+debian+webcam Cheers, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50eed824.9030...@gmail.com
