Webcam Issue

Megabyte · 2012-06-07 23:38:16

I'm trying to get my webcam to work but to no avail. I checked the wiki and it suggested I install qc-usb so I installed the header dependencies and then ran yaourt qc-usb and get the following error:

awk: fatal: cannot open file `/lib/modules/3.4.0-1-ARCH/build/include/linux/version.h' for reading (No such file or directory)
/bin/sh: line 0: [: -ge: unary operator expected
/bin/sh: line 0: [: -ge: unary operator expected
cc -I/lib/modules/3.4.0-1-ARCH/build/include -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -DNOKERNEL -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H= -pipe -c qc-driver.c
In file included from qc-driver.c:50:0:
quickcam.h:79:32: fatal error: generated/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [qc-driver.o] Error 1
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build qc-usb.
==> Restart building qc-usb ? [y/N]

jasonwryan · 2012-06-07 23:42:43

Have you read the comments on the AUR page?

Megabyte · 2012-06-07 23:46:53

yeah i did. tried their suggestions but i fear it may be out of date. was hoping someone else had an idea to help. the odd thing is, i can get mplayer to run it using "mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0 -fps 15 -vf screenshot" but skype won't run it.

jasonwryan · 2012-06-07 23:55:34

So it isn't a driver issue, and you don't need the AUR package. Experiment with the skype settings.

Megabyte · 2012-06-08 00:14:55

it sees the webcam but i don't get video. not sure what is going on. i'll figure it out and post if I come up with a solution.

tydell · 2012-06-08 05:07:11

try to start skype in terminal using this:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype

and then see if webcam works

Megabyte · 2012-06-08 11:50:13

Tydell,

I've tried all the preload techniques including that one. Still working on figuring out why the webcam won't work.

lspci · 2012-06-09 04:03:46

What webcam model/make are you using?

Megabyte · 2012-06-09 13:01:08

It's a logitech v-ubs47. It seems to just be a skype issue right now and I'm still working on it. As I mentioned previously, when I run

mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0 -fps 15 -vf screenshot

it works fine.

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#1 2012-06-07 23:38:16

Webcam Issue

#2 2012-06-07 23:42:43

Re: Webcam Issue

#3 2012-06-07 23:46:53

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