camE will not take snapshots through the webcam

Bug #344294 reported by Peter Swinkels
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: came

This is what appears when I attempt to take a single snapshot using my webcam and camE:

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camE: camE 1.9 - (c) 1999, 2000 Gerd Knorr, Tom Gilbert
camE: grabber config: size 320x240, input 0, norm 0, jpeg quality 75
can't load font FreeSans/8
can't load font FreeSans/8
camE: negotiated palette RGB24
camE: Trust WB-6250X Webcam detected
camE: * taking shot
libv4lconvert: Error decompressing JPEG: fill_nbits error: need 2 more bits
camE: ** shot taken
camE: *** uploading via ftp

camE: error sending via ftp: camE: camE error: unknown error, attempting to continue
camE: unknown error, attempting to continue
camE: shot uploaded
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btw: Cheese 2.24.2 can take snapshots.

camE version 1.9
kernel version: 2.6.27-11
Ubuntu 8.10
Trust WB-6250X Webcam

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

description: updated
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