Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > So I suppose this is some problem related with the v4l2 plugin for > gstreamer, but I don't know how to fix this. I've Googled it and I saw > people from other distributions having the same problem, but usually > an update fixed the problem. My Fedora system is up to date. Well, it's not, you're still running F9. This is fixed in F10. > Any ideas? As most things in F9 are not built with libv4l, you'll have to manually LD_PRELOAD v4l2convert.so to get them to work: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libv4l/v4l2convert.so cheese For v4l1 apps, you'll want to: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libv4l/v4l1compat.so the_app (You can also try that for Cheese if v4l2convert.so doesn't work.) For 32-bit apps (e.g. Skype), use /usr/lib instead of /usr/lib64. Note that, as Skype is proprietary and not part of Fedora, it is impossible for Fedora to fix it, so you will always have to LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so to use it (until the producer fixes it). This is why proprietary software sucks, it always lags behind current GNU/Linux technology. I strongly recommend not using Skype, because you're not only locking yourself into proprietary technology, but also the people on the other end. See also: http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/6317.html Alternatively, you can upgrade to F10 where webcam-using apps have been built to use libv4l directly (but of course this only applies to the software actually IN Fedora, not proprietary crap like Skype). Kevin Kofler -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
