Bug#629149: ekiga: Error while accessing video device UVC Camera (17ef:480c)

Eugen Dedu Eugen.Dedu at pu-pm.univ-fcomte.fr
Tue Jun 7 18:09:20 UTC 2011


On 04/06/11 00:19, John Sullivan wrote:
> Package: ekiga
> Version: 3.2.7-2+b1
> Severity: important
>
>
> When starting Ekiga, I get the error in the subject line, followed by
> "Could not open the chosen channel." There is no local video image.
>
> This is on a Thinkpad X200T, using the built-in webcam.
>
> I've tried changing the channel in the video configuration, selecting
> Detect Devices, and all of the different options presented for
> devices. None work.
>
> The camera works fine in every other application I have tried,
> including Cheese and v4l2ucp.
>
> It has worked with Ekiga in the past, but it has been at least a few
> months since I used it last.

This means that the channel cannot be open.  Have you tried putting 0 
(or maybe 1 and 2) as channel in preferences *and restart ekiga*?

-- 
Eugen






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