Hi… I am using dell studio 15 laptop…it has an integrated webcam… I’m able to view my webcam in skype but not in kopete… in kopete, no image is displayed…morover, when i’m sending a request, the other person is not getting the request… I’m also not able to accept others invitations… and I’m using yahoo client…plz help…
Similar thread. Not sure where this bug is at…
This KDE Wiki: Webcam How To may also be of value re network port configuration if applicable.
It also contains a troubleshooting section describing possible webcam detection issues due to udev:
Kopete doesn’t see your webcam: in Kopete’s configuration dialog, the device section desperately stays empty, but the webcam works with other programs.
Please check your udev rules and make sure there isn’t a rule that create /dev/v4l/by-path/xxxxxxx device that points to /dev/videoX.
In this case, Kopete will fail to detect your webcam.
Workaround:
- suppress the udev rule that creates the “by-path” device for v4l devices. In my case I did remove the file /etc/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-v4l.rules but this might distro dependent.
- remove the offending /dev/v4l/by-path/xxxx file and more over you have to suppress the complete /dev/v4l folder: rm -rf /dev/v4l
- restart udev
- restart kopete and enjoy now your webcam with kopete
I wonder if this could be the problem?
There is no file called /etc/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-v4l.rules
sarin@linux-lxe3:/etc/udev/rules.d> ls
40-alsa.rules 51-packagekit-firmware.rules 55-hpmud.rules 56-sane-backends-autoconfig.rules 70-kpartx.rules 71-multipath.rules 99-pcsc_lite.rules
40-bluetooth.rules 52-irda.rules 55-libsane.rules 60-pcmcia.rules 70-persistent-cd.rules 77-network.rules
51-lirc.rules 52-usx2yaudio.rules 56-idedma.rules 65-wacom.rules 70-persistent-net.rules 79-yast2-drivers.rules
It was just an idea. Disregard. Anyway, if you search via google you’ll get other similar threads:
Webcam in openSuSE 11.1 no longer works - openSUSE Forums
Looks like bug reports have been filed and worked on, so chances are this will be fixed soon via an update.