OK, this one is really weird.
open a console window, run gqcam. Bombs because there is no /dev/video.
Go into /dev, and ls vid*, shows an entry video0
Create a link /dev/video --> /dev/video0
run gqcam again, and there's a picture! that is, for about 30 seconds.
After that picture has funny colors, and console shows input/output
errors from the camera... Close gqcam, type ls vid* again, and
there is NO video0 anymore, but now there's a video1 !!
Remove the link, create a new one video --> video1
run gqcam again - same thing! good pic for about 30 sec, then I/O
errors. Close the program and look, and now /dev/video1 is gone!
Any ideas?
V.