No, on 12 or perhaps even 11.
I use neither ‘kopete’ nor ‘kamera’. Is it possible to launch either of those applications from a konsole/terminal ?
Yes. In neither of these programs is the camera detected. Screen shots are http://postimg.org/image/dsm38qehp/ (Kamera) and http://postimg.org/image/4gk3sdpyn/ (Kopete).
If so, when you attempt to use the webcam, are there any errors in the konsole ?
Kopete writes
libpng warning: Interlace handling should be turned on when using png_read_image
when I select the themes tab of the settings. I suspect that this has nothing to do with the camera device.
Are there any errors in the /var/log/messages file at the exact same time you attempt to use the webcam ? If so, what are they ?
I saw no messages there that I could associate with the camera device.
The application I prefer to use with my webcam is the Packman package guvcview.
Huh. The camera works with guvcview. Here are messages that were produced by guvcview:
**$cat guvcview.log**
guvcview 1.7.0
file guvcview_video.mkv has extension type 1
file guvcview_image.jpg has extension type 0
file guvcview_image.jpg has extension type 0
Video file suffix detected: 0
Image file suffix detected: 0
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:618:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:961:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
video device: /dev/video0
Init. CNF7129 (location: usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.2)
{ pixelformat = 'YUYV', description = 'YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV)' }
{ discrete: width = 640, height = 480 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 352, height = 288 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 320, height = 240 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 176, height = 144 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 160, height = 120 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 1280, height = 800 }
Time interval between frame: 1/7,
{ discrete: width = 1280, height = 1024 }
Time interval between frame: 1/7,
{ pixelformat = 'RGB3', description = 'RGB3' }
{ discrete: width = 640, height = 480 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 352, height = 288 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 320, height = 240 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 176, height = 144 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 160, height = 120 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 1280, height = 800 }
Time interval between frame: 1/7,
{ discrete: width = 1280, height = 1024 }
Time interval between frame: 1/7,
{ pixelformat = 'BGR3', description = 'BGR3' }
{ discrete: width = 640, height = 480 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 352, height = 288 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 320, height = 240 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 176, height = 144 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 160, height = 120 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 1280, height = 800 }
Time interval between frame: 1/7,
{ discrete: width = 1280, height = 1024 }
Time interval between frame: 1/7,
{ pixelformat = 'YU12', description = 'YU12' }
{ discrete: width = 640, height = 480 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 352, height = 288 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 320, height = 240 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 176, height = 144 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 160, height = 120 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 1280, height = 800 }
Time interval between frame: 1/7,
{ discrete: width = 1280, height = 1024 }
Time interval between frame: 1/7,
{ pixelformat = 'YV12', description = 'YV12' }
{ discrete: width = 640, height = 480 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 352, height = 288 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 320, height = 240 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 176, height = 144 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 160, height = 120 }
Time interval between frame: 1/30,
{ discrete: width = 1280, height = 800 }
Time interval between frame: 1/7,
{ discrete: width = 1280, height = 1024 }
Time interval between frame: 1/7,
vid:04f2
pid:b071
driver:uvcvideo
checking format: 1448695129
fps is set to 1/30
drawing controls
fps is set to 1/30
Checking video mode 640x480@32bpp : OK
write /home/leslie/.config/guvcview/video0 OK
free controls
cleaned allocations - 100%
Closing portaudio ...OK
Closing GTK... OK
Perhaps I need to switch this thread over to the KDE3 support group?
The camera works in KDE4, but otherwise I’m still not impressed with KDE4’s other capabilities, nor its performance.