helping a friend with his webcam : lsusb => ID 046d:0870 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express i gave a look to the web site http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/ but when i compile i get errors. then in a freenode rooms a guy suggest to me to tray with the source from repository so i did but impossible to compile that In canforama it works fine (colors are different from true) . some try are : http://paste.ubuntu.com/120575/ http://paste.ubuntu.com/120579/
the command " LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype " give this : ALSA lib pcm.c:2196:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi ALSA lib pcm.c:2196:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi ALSA lib pcm_bluetooth.c:1619:(bluetooth_init) BT_GETCAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5) ALSA lib pcm_bluetooth.c:1619:(bluetooth_init) BT_GETCAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5) ALSA lib pcm.c:2196:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi ALSA lib pcm.c:2196:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi ALSA lib pcm_bluetooth.c:1619:(bluetooth_init) BT_GETCAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5) ALSA lib pcm_bluetooth.c:1619:(bluetooth_init) BT_GETCAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5) ALSA lib pcm.c:2196:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi ALSA lib pcm.c:2196:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi ALSA lib pcm_bluetooth.c:1619:(bluetooth_init) BT_GETCAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5) ALSA lib pcm_bluetooth.c:1619:(bluetooth_init) BT_GETCAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5) Skype V4L: Device does not support video capture Starting the process... Skype Xv: Xv ports available: 33 Skype XShm: XShm support enabled Skype Xv: Using Xv port 57 Skype Xv: No suitable overlay format found Aborted thank you for any help on this -- Ubuntu 8.10 doesn't support logitech and labtec webcam https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293176 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs