cheese webcam tool doesn't take a picture

[Uri Shabtay]

Binary package hint: cheese

hi all,

i filed a bug (that was solved!! thanks!!) about cheese before:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/314464

now it works great, but when i take a picture, after the flash effect, it doesn't show me the screen, but just the "white effect" of the flash. everything still works, even cheese, nothing freezes. i solve this by moving (with the keyboard, the desktop isn't seen, but if i press anything around it, it'll be affected like a normal session..) to the left/right desktop, and through gnome system monitor terminate it. when i come back, i notice (again, proving me it works..) that the picture was saved..

thank for all the help!!

Uri

[Uri Shabtay (uri.shabtay)]

update: i ran cheese-v - and got the bug again, and terminated the program. this is what i got:

ushabtay@ushabtay-laptop:~$ cheese -v
libv4l2: error converting / decoding frame data: v4l-convert: error parsing JPEG header: Not a JPG file ?

libv4l2: error converting / decoding frame data: v4l-convert: error parsing JPEG header: Not a JPG file ?

Killed
ushabtay@ushabtay-laptop:~$

[Daniel Hollocher (chogydan)]

FYI: I've heard they are doing a bunch of work on the v4l stuff, so I think its still a work in progress. You should test out on 9.04

Good luck.

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

Please test with Ubuntu 9.04. Thanks.

[Uri Shabtay (uri.shabtay)]

works great. the v4l-convert message is still there, though

thank you!

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

Great news! Thanks for taking the time to report a bug.