Hello Linux community,
First of all sorry for my bad English. But I have a problem with my web cam. If I call the ucview, the program is indeed loaded, but where I should laugh at my reflection,is just to see a gray-white screen.
Ucview is installed in version 0.16-8lp.i386 and unicap in version 0.9.3-1.fc8.i386
lsusb tells me that the camera is detected:
[User @ localhost ~] $ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 064E: d101 Acer Crystal Eye webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
If I call on the webcam with ucview, I get the following messages:
[User @ localhost ~] $ ucview
The value of xid: 0
enumerate: 8000000
Total count method 1: 5
v4l2ctrl.name: Brightness
v4l2ctrl.name: Contrast
v4l2ctrl.name: Saturation
v4l2ctrl.name: Hue
v4l2ctrl.name: Gamma
v4l2ctrl.name: Power Line Frequency
v4l2ctrl.name: Sharpness
v4l2ctrl.name: Back Light Compensation
Total count method 2: 8
enumerate: 8000000
Total count method 1: 5
v4l2ctrl.name: Brightness
v4l2ctrl.name: Contrast
v4l2ctrl.name: Saturation
v4l2ctrl.name: Hue
v4l2ctrl.name: Gamma
v4l2ctrl.name: Power Line Frequency
v4l2ctrl.name: Sharpness
v4l2ctrl.name: Back Light Compensation
Total count method 2: 8
(Ucview: 7169): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_add: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (child) 'failed
(Ucview: 7169): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_toolbar_set_orientation: assertion `GTK_IS_TOOLBAR (toolbar) 'failed
(Ucview: 7169): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_toolbar_set_show_arrow: assertion `GTK_IS_TOOLBAR (toolbar) 'failed
(Ucview: 7169): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_add: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget) 'failed
UCView_Window id: 142257240
(Ucview: 7169): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_view_set_model: assertion `GTK_IS_TREE_VIEW (tree_view) 'failed
now is in _set_selection ()
(Ucview: 7169): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy: assertion `GTK_IS_SCROLLED_WINDOW (scrolled_window) 'failed
(Ucview: 7169): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget) 'failed
Oddly, the webcam works, whenever I run Firefox or Compiz manager in parallel. In this case, the terminal spits out the following data:
For parallel Firefox:
[User @ localhost ~] $ ucview
The value of xid: 0
enumerate: 8000000
Total count method 1: 5
v4l2ctrl.name: Brightness
v4l2ctrl.name: Contrast
v4l2ctrl.name: Saturation
v4l2ctrl.name: Hue
v4l2ctrl.name: Gamma
v4l2ctrl.name: Power Line Frequency
v4l2ctrl.name: Sharpness
v4l2ctrl.name: Back Light Compensation
Total count method 2: 8
enumerate: 8000000
Total count method 1: 5
v4l2ctrl.name: Brightness
v4l2ctrl.name: Contrast
v4l2ctrl.name: Saturation
v4l2ctrl.name: Hue
v4l2ctrl.name: Gamma
v4l2ctrl.name: Power Line Frequency
v4l2ctrl.name: Sharpness
v4l2ctrl.name: Back Light Compensation
Total count method 2: 8
(Ucview: 6409): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_add: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (child) 'failed
(Ucview: 6409): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_toolbar_set_orientation: assertion `GTK_IS_TOOLBAR (toolbar) 'failed
(Ucview: 6409): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_toolbar_set_show_arrow: assertion `GTK_IS_TOOLBAR (toolbar) 'failed
(Ucview: 6409): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_add: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget) 'failed
UCView_Window id: 143192064
(Ucview: 6409): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_view_set_model: assertion `GTK_IS_TREE_VIEW (tree_view) 'failed
now is in _set_selection ()
(Ucview: 6409): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy: assertion `GTK_IS_SCROLLED_WINDOW (scrolled_window) 'failed
(Ucview: 6409): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget) 'failed
For parallel Compiz Manager
[User @ localhost ~] $ ucview
The value of xid: 0
enumerate: 8000000
Total count method 1: 5
v4l2ctrl.name: Brightness
v4l2ctrl.name: Contrast
v4l2ctrl.name: Saturation
v4l2ctrl.name: Hue
v4l2ctrl.name: Gamma
v4l2ctrl.name: Power Line Frequency
v4l2ctrl.name: Sharpness
v4l2ctrl.name: Back Light Compensation
Total count method 2: 8
enumerate: 8000000
Total count method 1: 5
v4l2ctrl.name: Brightness
v4l2ctrl.name: Contrast
v4l2ctrl.name: Saturation
v4l2ctrl.name: Hue
v4l2ctrl.name: Gamma
v4l2ctrl.name: Power Line Frequency
v4l2ctrl.name: Sharpness
v4l2ctrl.name: Back Light Compensation
Total count method 2: 8
(Ucview: 8745): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_add: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (child) 'failed
(Ucview: 8745): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_toolbar_set_orientation: assertion `GTK_IS_TOOLBAR (toolbar) 'failed
(Ucview: 8745): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_toolbar_set_show_arrow: assertion `GTK_IS_TOOLBAR (toolbar) 'failed
(Ucview: 8745): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_add: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget) 'failed
UCView_Window id: 142258136
(Ucview: 8745): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_view_set_model: assertion `GTK_IS_TREE_VIEW (tree_view) 'failed
now is in _set_selection ()
(Ucview: 8745): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy: assertion `GTK_IS_SCROLLED_WINDOW (scrolled_window) 'failed
(Ucview: 8745): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_show: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget) 'failed
I posted this topic also on these boards:
http://www.acer-userforum.de/acer-netbook-forum/40203-aspire-one-linpus-lite-webcam-ucview-problem.html#post321650
http://www.linux-forum.de/aspire-one-linpus-lite-webcam-ucview-problem-2007205.html#post1301470
http://aaowiki.iphpbb3.com/forum/39151476nx21895/linpus-f13/linpus--webcam-ucview-problem-t863.html
Thank you for your efforts,
Zagreus.