Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

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On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:12:12 -0600 Michael Miles <mmamiga6@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:48:24 -0600 Bob Goodwin
> > <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >
> >    
> >> On 11/12/10 12:01, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> >>      
> >>> On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:04:23 -0600 Bob Goodwin
> >>> <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>   wrote:
> >>>
> >>>        
> >>>> On 10/12/10 05:38, Tim Waugh wrote:
> >>>>          
> >>>>> On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 04:43 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> >>>>>            
> >>>>>>        Where do I look for more level adjustments?
> >>>>>>              
> >>>>> I've found that ekiga has a "whiteness" adjustment control which has had
> >>>>> good results for me.  It does seem that getting this right automatically
> >>>>> isn't working quite right.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm using this:
> >>>>> ID 041e:4053 Creative Technology, Ltd Live! Cam Video IM
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Tim.
> >>>>> */
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>> The thread here inflamed my secret desire for having an ancient
> >>> low-cost camera work with linux again. This has only previously worked
> >>> with windoze and i gave up after several weeks of trying to do this.
> >>> Anyway, here is the output of lsusb:
> >>>
> >>> Bus 004 Device 003: ID 041e:401b Creative Technology, Ltd
> >>>
> >>> I installed ekiga, and am lost as to what to do with it. I type:
> >>>
> >>> ekiga
> >>>
> >>> and the terminal just stares back at me.
> >>>
> >>> I tried
> >>>
> >>> ekiga-helper
> >>>
> >>> and the terminal prompt came back after around 12-13 seconds. The only
> >>> command starting with ekiga that I did not try was ekiga-config-tool
> >>> and it was screaming not to left out of the fun, so I did the following:
> >>>
> >>> ekiga-config-tool
> >>>
> >>> Usage:  ekiga-config-tool OPTION
> >>> Fixes problems with the Ekiga settings
> >>>
> >>>     --clean                remove all user settings
> >>>     --install-schemas      install schemas with default settings (run as root)
> >>>     --clean-schemas        remove schemas with default settings (run as root)
> >>>     --fix-permissions      fix permissions of GConf repository (run as root)
> >>>
> >>> I tried the last two, to no avail.
> >>>
> >>> Any suggestions? I looked around at the ekiga wiki/manual: nothing good
> >>> came out of that either. At least the parts that I looked at were for
> >>> people who were already running ekiga: not dumb enough to get stopped
> >>> at the first prompt....
> >>>
> >>> I am not wedded to ekiga, only to something that might work with my
> >>> webcam (and there is no reason to believe that that might happen also).
> >>>
> >>> Best wishes,
> >>> Ranjan
> >>>        
> >>          guvcview [yum] looks like a good bet. It's working with this
> >>          old, inexpensive Logitech camera which in the past functioned
> >>          only with Windows!  Ekiga probably would work but like you I
> >>          gave up on it since I was getting off on a tangent  configuring
> >>          it when what I was really interested in was just the video
> >>          settings for the webcam.
> >>
> >>          Good luck.
> >>
> >>          Bob
> >>      
> > Ok, thanks, Bob! However no such luck: I get the following.
> >
> > guvcview
> > guvcview 1.4.2
> > Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
> > Cannot connect to server socket
> > jack server is not running or cannot be started
> > video device: /dev/video0
> > opening '/sys/class/video4linux' failed: Error opening directory '/sys/class/video4linux': No such file or directory
> > Unable to detect devices on your system
> > ERROR opening V4L interface: No such file or directory
> > Init video returned -1
> > Segmentation fault
> >
> > Is there some rpm that I am missing?
> >
> > Best wisehs,
> > Ranjan
> >
> >    
> Video4linux is the rpm you are missing
> On F12 I use Video4Linux device preferences which can be installed via 
> add/remove software or yum
> It has the desired brightness and contrast settings that you need

There is such an rpm in F14?

sudo yum list \*ideo\*

Available Packages
gallery2-flashvideo.noarch          2.3.1-2.fc14
fedora gnome-video-effects.noarch          0.1.0-1.fc14
fedora mythvideo.x86_64                    0.24-2.fc14
rpmfusion-free-updates oggvideotools.x86_64
0.8-2.fc14           fedora perl-Class-InsideOut.noarch
1.10-2.fc14          fedora perl-MooseX-InsideOut.noarch
0.105-1.fc14         updates perl-Object-InsideOut.noarch
3.56-3.fc14          fedora videodog.x86_64
0.31-8.fc12          fedora                

Ranjan

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