Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video

2013-01-10 Thread Ralph Ronnquist
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)

Bug#697854: closed by Holger Levsen (Re: Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video)

2013-01-10 Thread Ralph Ronnquist
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 "Fata

Bug#697854: general: Fail to display video

2013-01-10 Thread Ralph Ronnquist
x27;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 j