Can't use my webcam in Kopete

[Nicolas DERIVE]

Binary package hint: kopete

When I go in configure > Peripherals, I see a blue screen and my cpu activity raise to 100%, but no image appears. Although, when I use gqcam, my webcam works correctly.

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

Hi Nicolas, can you give us the output for:

dpkg -l | grep kopete

A previously known bug that was already solved, had a similar behaviour, so we need to double check if you've got an updated system or if you're using the kde release affected by this previous bug (sorry i couldn't find the number, bt i know it exists because i did confirmed it)

So, in order to determine if it's effectively solved, please try to upgrade your system to the latest kde release.

[Nicolas DERIVE (kalon33)]

I use the last upgraded Edgy Eft (I upgrade it every day) with KDE 3.5.5.

The command of dpkg grep to have the version number of kopete gave that :

nicolas@spiralo_vertigo:~$ dpkg -l | grep kopete
ii kopete 3.5.5+kopete0.12.3-0ubuntu1 instant messenger for KDE

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

ok, let me try to replicate this bug

(tomorrow at the office....)

meanwhile, can you send us a

dmesg | tail -n 50

just after you go to configure / peripherals...

and which webcam do you have?

[Nicolas DERIVE (kalon33)]

I've a logitech quickcam usb webcam, and it is recognised correctly and activated correctly (according to dmesg). Here is your request to verify it :

nicolas@spiralo_vertigo:~$ dmesg | tail -n 50
[17179628.868000] hdc: command error: error=0x54 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x05 }
[17179628.868000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
[17179628.868000] end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 4590208
[17179628.872000] hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
[17179628.872000] hdc: command error: error=0x54 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x05 }
[17179628.872000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
[17179628.872000] end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 4590208
[17179628.976000] hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
[17179628.976000] hdc: command error: error=0x54 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x05 }
[17179628.976000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
[17179628.976000] end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 9180408
[17179628.980000] hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
[17179628.980000] hdc: command error: error=0x54 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x05 }
[17179628.980000] ide: failed opcode was: unknown
[17179628.980000] end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 4590208
[17179688.100000] UDF-fs: No VRS found
[17179688.392000] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[17179688.440000] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
[17179689.392000] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[17179689.404000] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
[17179689.404000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[17179690.964000] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[17179690.972000] EXT3 FS on sda2, internal journal
[17179690.972000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[17179693.124000] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
[17179697.884000] ReiserFS: sda5: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal
[17179699.060000] ReiserFS: sda5: using ordered data mode
[17179699.068000] ReiserFS: sda5: journal params: device sda5, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
[17179699.068000] ReiserFS: sda5: checking transaction log (sda5)
[17179699.096000] ReiserFS: sda5: Using r5 hash to sort names
[17179707.352000] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[17179707.360000] EXT3 FS on sda6, internal journal
[17179707.360000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[17179717.184000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[17179717.324000] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'
[17179731.500000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[17180000.260000] pcmcia: Detected deprecated PCMCIA ioctl usage from process: discover.
[17180000.260000] pcmcia: This interface will soon be removed from the kernel; please expect breakage unless you upgrade to new tools.
[17180000.260000] pcmcia: see http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/pcmcia.html for details.
[17180204.564000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[17180209.924000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[17180226.140000] eth0: no IPv6 route...

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

Well, i've checked with my pc and it didn't have the same issue.

checking your dmes output i cannot see anything about the webcam but what i see is some hardware errors on your disk.

maybe that's causing some trouble???

Also are you having the same behaviour with latest update?

thanks again

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

One more thing could you post this?

uname -r

dpkg -l | grep linux-image | grep `uname -r`

dpkg -l | grep linux-restricted-modules | grep `uname -r`

[Nicolas DERIVE (kalon33)]

The things about my webcam can be read by clicking on "read more" because they are in the last lines.

Here is the version numbers you are asking :

nicolas@spiralo-vertigo:~$ uname -r
2.6.17-10-generic
nicolas@spiralo-vertigo:~$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image | grep `uname -r`
ii linux-image-2.6.17-10-generic 2.6.17-10.33 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.17 on x86
nicolas@spiralo-vertigo:~$ dpkg -l | grep linux-restricted-modules | grep `uname -r`
ii linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic 2.6.17.6-1 Non-free Linux 2.6.17 modules on x86_64 gene
nicolas@spiralo-vertigo:~$

[Guillaume Duveau (guix)]

Nicolas, does your webcam work with any other program than Kopete ? (aMSN, camorama, ...)
If yes, see this bug and try my .deb, let us know.

[Guillaume Duveau (guix)]

Sorry I forgot the link for bug #89606 : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdenetwork/+bug/89606