Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

2010-03-10 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| gregor herrmann, Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:19:03AM +0100 |=- 4) Testing is a bit difficult for me with my cheap webcam, since it doesn't support many functions; IIUIC some stuff expects a TV card I'll try the package on the eee and see if it works. The sample scripts give

Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

2010-03-10 Thread gregor herrmann
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:48:06 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: I'll try the package on the eee and see if it works. The sample scripts give more-or-less same results as you reported, but the led on the camera never lits, which makes me wonder if anything is ever fetched from the camera. Do you

Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

2010-03-10 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| gregor herrmann, Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:07:21AM +0100 |=- On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:48:06 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: I'll try the package on the eee and see if it works. The sample scripts give more-or-less same results as you reported, but the led on the camera never lits, which

Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

2010-03-10 Thread gregor herrmann
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:07:21 +0100, gregor herrmann wrote: But the question with the LED is good. I admit that I haven't checked yesterday but it worked the last time I checked, and I will have a look later today. AFAICS some are and some partly. IIRC I tried with a simpler script some time

Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

2010-03-09 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| gregor herrmann, Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 06:05:04PM +0100 |=- On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:30:18 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: seems invalid, the module is an interface for v4l, not v4l2, so this is at best wishlist for a new module, certainly not a bug. note that the suggested libv4l is

Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

2010-03-09 Thread gregor herrmann
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:01:55 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: Ack, and it's probably not difficult for someone who speaks C. I added v4l2.patch and the module compiles. Cool! Please someone with a camera, test it. There are sample scripts in examples/. 1) With your patch: $ for s in

Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

2010-03-09 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| gregor herrmann, Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 05:54:21PM +0100 |=- 1) With your patch: $ for s in examples/*; do echo === $s ===; PERL5LIB=/:examples perl $s; done === examples/autotune === Can't call method mode on an undefined value at examples/autotune line 25. === examples/capture ===

Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

2010-03-09 Thread gregor herrmann
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:33:35 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: === examples/autotune === Can't call method mode on an undefined value at examples/autotune line 25. === examples/capture === Can't call method mode on an undefined value at examples/capture line 85. These look like your camera has

Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

2010-03-08 Thread gregor herrmann
On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:30:18 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: seems invalid, the module is an interface for v4l, not v4l2, so this is at best wishlist for a new module, certainly not a bug. note that the suggested libv4l is supposed to work just fine with the module (according to libv4l docs).

Bug#569091: (Fwd) Re: (Fwd) Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

2010-03-07 Thread gregor herrmann
Reply from upstream via mail: - Forwarded message from Marc Lehmann schm...@schmorp.de - From: Marc Lehmann schm...@schmorp.de To: gregor herrmann gre...@debian.org Subject: Re: (Fwd) Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:07:11 +0100 Cc: Marc Lehmann rt.cpan

Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

2010-03-07 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| gregor herrmann, Sun, Mar 07, 2010 at 11:47:54PM +0100 |=- Reply from upstream via mail: On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 03:56:04PM +0100, gregor herrmann gre...@debian.org wrote: We've received the following bug report in the Debian bug tracker (original at http://bugs.debian.org/569091).

Bug#569091: Uses obsolete V4L1 API

2010-02-09 Thread Ben Hutchings
Package: libvideo-capture-v4l-perl Version: 0.902-1 Severity: serious The V4L1 API is obsolete and does not work with most new V4L drivers. You can use libv4l as an emulation layer; see http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/3636.html. Ben. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT