[SOLVED] A4Tech camera and CentOS 5.7

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Re: A4Tech camera and CentOS 5.7

Post by pschaff » 2012/02/25 21:27:39

Those seem to be mutually contradictory statements.

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Re: A4Tech camera and CentOS 5.7

Post by icemans » 2012/02/26 10:22:37

OK! In CentOS 6 Live DVD the camera didn't work with Skype-static 2.2. version, installed following [url=http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Skype]this manual![/url]

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Re: A4Tech camera and CentOS 5.7

Post by icemans » 2012/02/26 20:16:14

I installed Kopete in CentOS 5 but the camera doesn't work too neither in Skyper nor in Kopete. In Kopete I see only black screen and the LED indicator of the camera shows that the camera works.

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Re: A4Tech camera and CentOS 5.7

Post by icemans » 2012/02/29 20:15:59

Hey, guys! Where are you? Please help me. I tried a various of methods but nothing. The strange is I tried again [b]System ---> Preferences ---> More Preferences ---> Multimedia Systems Selector[/b] and the video just worked with [b]v4l plugin[/b]. But the problem with the skype remains. And now when I tried to test the video from skype options the skype just closes itself. When I start Skype from console when the program is crashed i see this:

[code]$ skype
Segmentation fault [/code]

Any idea?

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Re: A4Tech camera and CentOS 5.7

Post by pschaff » 2012/02/29 23:36:17

It seems the first thing to do is to fix the problem with Skype. If it is crashing it doesn't matter if the camera is working or not.

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Re: A4Tech camera and CentOS 5.7

Post by icemans » 2012/03/01 20:20:01

OK! Yesterday the cam with skype just worked. I reinstall packages like [b]kmod-video4linux, dkms-x.x.x.x.x.el5.noarchI[/b], I also installed and driver for my NVIDIA and I don't know what is happened but the camera just worked. Today I push my computer and find that the camera doesn't work again :( I am so confused! I tried to reinstall [b]kmod-video4linux, dkms-x.x.x.x.x.el5.noarchI[/b] packages again but nothing. Everything I see when try to put my camera is
[code]# gstreamer-properties

(process:26457): GStreamer-WARNING **: The GStreamer function gst_init_get_option_group() was
called, but the GLib threading system has not been initialised
yet, something that must happen before any other GLib function
is called. The application needs to be fixed so that it calls
if (!g_thread_supported ()) g_thread_init(NULL);
as very first thing in its main() function. Please file a bug
against this application.

(gstreamer-properties:26458): GStreamer-WARNING **: Failed to load plugin '/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstmpeg2dec.so':
/usr/lib/libmpeg2.so.0: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied

(gstreamer-properties:26457): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'artsdsink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'pulsesink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'v4lmjpegsrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'qcamsrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'esdmon'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'pulsesrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Error running pipeline 'Video for Linux (v4l)': Could not get/set settings from/on resource.
[v4l_calls.c(409): gst_v4l_set_chan_norm (): /pipeline0/v4lsrc1:
Error setting the channel/norm settings: Invalid argument][/code][Moderator edit: Wrapped long lines in [i]code[/i] segment to keep the bage from being too wide for the screen.]

Help please!

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Re: A4Tech camera and CentOS 5.7

Post by icemans » 2012/03/04 20:17:17

I think I resolved the problem. Just remove [b]kmod-video4linux and dkms[/b] packages and install [b]libv4l[/b] - restart and now the cam works.

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Re: A4Tech camera and CentOS 5.7

Post by pschaff » 2012/03/04 23:14:59

Please let us know if you are confident the problem has been resolved, and where you got libv4l, so the issue can be marked appropriately.

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Re: A4Tech camera and CentOS 5.7

Post by icemans » 2012/03/05 19:16:54

Yes, you can mark the post as SOLVED. I install [b]libv4l-0.4.2-1.i386.rpm[/b] from [url=http://centos.plnet.rs/mrepo/plc-centos5-i386/RPMS.lfarkas/]here![/url].

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Re: [SOLVED] A4Tech camera and CentOS 5.7

Post by pschaff » 2012/03/05 19:27:07

Ah - Farkas Levente is a well-known name around the EL community, but that repo is not among those on the CentOS [url=http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories]Repositories[/url] page.

Thanks for reporting back. Marking this thread [SOLVED] for posterity.

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