[Mageia-dev] No camera input in Gnome

[JA Magallon]

On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:17:30 +0000
Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:

> 'Twas brillig, and JA Magallon at 03/11/11 00:42 did gyre and gimble:
> > Hi...
> > 
> > On a Cauldron system up to date till today, Gnome apps seem to ignore
> > the cameras  in the system. I have tried with cheese and empathy on two
> > boxes, one with an external USB camera and one with an internal one
> > (it is USB anyways).
> > 
> > gstreamer-properties seems to recognise the camera and can test it
> > with v4l2, also luvcview gets image on both cameras. But those gnome
> > apps don't.
> 
> No clue but I noticed something similar the other day too....
> 

It is working fine after latest updates.

BTW, do you know any echo server to test the video capabilities of empathy,
preferable something with google talk ?

TIA