xcam also fails to display or capture any image from the Philips webcam. Upon pressing the 'Play' button, an error message box pops up: "Failed to start webcam: Invalid argument"
After jumping between the other available devices, upon selecting the webcam (pwc) device, xcam terminates immediately: Segmentation fault Here is the output of such a session, shortened by the lines containing 'sane_control_option' or 'sane_get_option_descriptor': ~$ SANE_DEBUG_V4L=255 xcam [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of v4l to 255. [v4l] SANE v4l backend version 1.0 build 4 from sane-backends 1.0.18-cvs [v4l] attach: trying to open /dev/bttv0 [v4l] attach: failed to open device `/dev/bttv0': No such file or directory [v4l] attach: trying to open /dev/video0 [v4l] attach: found videodev `Hauppauge Nova-T DVB-T' on `/dev/video0' [v4l] attach: trying to open /dev/video1 [v4l] attach: found videodev `BT878 video (Lifeview FlyVideo ' on `/dev/video1' [v4l] attach: trying to open /dev/video2 [v4l] attach: found videodev `Philips 740 webcam' on `/dev/video2' [v4l] attach: trying to open /dev/video3 [v4l] attach: failed to open device `/dev/video3': No such file or directory [v4l] sane_get_devices [v4l] sane_open: device /dev/video2 found in devlist [v4l] sane_open: 1 channels, 1 audio devices [v4l] sane_open: minwidth=160, minheight=120, maxwidth=640, maxheight=480 [v4l] sane_open: V4L device can capture to memory [v4l] sane_open: channel 0 (Webcam), tuners=0, flags=0x0, type=2, norm=49080 [v4l] sane_open: input is camera input [v4l] sane_open: brightness=32256, hue=65535, colour=32768, contrast=64512 [v4l] sane_open: whiteness=43008, depth=24, palette=15 [v4l] sane_open: ioctl VIDIOCSPICT failed (Invalid argument) [v4l] sane_open: x=0, y=0, width=160, height=120 [v4l] sane_get_parameters [v4l] sane_get_parameters [v4l] sane_start [v4l] sane_start: mmap frame, buffersize: 925696 bytes, buffers: 2, offset 0 0 [v4l] sane_start: mmapped frame, capture 1 pict into 0xb6a10000 [v4l] sane_start: mmappeded frame 160 x 120 with palette 1 [v4l] sane_start: ioctl VIDIOCMCAPTURE failed: Invalid argument [v4l] sane_cancel [v4l] sane_close: trying to close handle 0x80d3208 [v4l] sane_open: device /dev/video1 found in devlist [v4l] sane_open: 3 channels, 3 audio devices [v4l] sane_open: minwidth=48, minheight=32, maxwidth=924, maxheight=576 [v4l] sane_open: V4L device can capture to memory [v4l] sane_open: V4L device has a tuner of some form [v4l] sane_open: V4L device can overlay its image onto the frame buffer [v4l] sane_open: V4L device supports overlay clipping [v4l] sane_open: V4L device supports hardware scaling [v4l] sane_open: channel 0 (Television), tuners=1, flags=0x3, type=1, norm=0 [v4l] sane_open: channel has tuner(s) [v4l] sane_open: channel has audio [v4l] sane_open: input is TV input [v4l] sane_open: channel 1 (Composite1), tuners=0, flags=0x2, type=2, norm=0 [v4l] sane_open: channel has audio [v4l] sane_open: input is camera input [v4l] sane_open: channel 2 (S-Video), tuners=0, flags=0x2, type=2, norm=0 [v4l] sane_open: channel has audio [v4l] sane_open: input is camera input [v4l] sane_open: brightness=32768, hue=32768, colour=32768, contrast=32768 [v4l] sane_open: whiteness=0, depth=24, palette=4 [v4l] sane_open: ioctl VIDIOCSPICT failed (Invalid argument) [v4l] sane_open: x=0, y=0, width=320, height=240 [v4l] sane_close: trying to close handle 0x80d31d8 [v4l] sane_open: device /dev/video2 found in devlist [v4l] sane_open: can't open /dev/video2 (Device or resource busy) Segmentation fault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

