[AG-TECH] Webcam on FC2

[Michael Miller]

Ahh, ok,  when I ran yum update AccessGrid  it didn't do anything, so I 
assumed I had the latest version.  Do I need to poke something to get yum 
to grab the -6 ?

MYK

At 03:14 PM 12/6/2004, Douglas Kosovic wrote:
>Hi Michael,
>
>
>>I'm trying to get my Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 working in FC2.  I have 
>>the 2.6.9 kernel and I can  see that the camera is recognized as the 
>>venue client starts:
>
>>But once vic is launched I get this:
>>
>>v4l: mmap()'ed buffer size = 0xe1000
>>Got pict, palette=15
>>ioctl VIDIOCSPICT: Invalid argument
>>Got pict again, palette=15
>>V4lGrabber::start() ioctl VIDIOCMCAPTURE even: Invalid argument
>>V4lGrabber::start() ioctl VIDIOCMCAPTURE odd: Invalid argument
>
>Are you using AccessGrid-2.3-5.i386.rpm by any chance? I broke webcams 
>based on the pwc driver (or more generally devices
>that only support YUV420) in that release after adding support for 
>Kensington webcams (and other RGB24 capture devices). See:
>  http://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/accessgrid/show_bug.cgi?id=1203
>
>AccessGrid-2.3-6.i386.rpm works with both pwc driver webcams and RGB24 
>webcams.
>
>
>Cheers,
>Doug

Thanx,

Michael Miller
System Engineer
Visualization Technology Support
Computing and Data Management
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois - UC
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