Bug#985507: v4l2loopback-utils: Unable to use dynamic device management due to old version
hi, On 3/19/21 11:43 AM, JCGoran wrote: Dear Maintainer, The current version of v4l2loopback-ctl in Unstable (currently 0.6) is a bit behind compared to upstream, and, as a result, I am unable to use dynamic device management to create new loopback devices on-the-fly since the option does not exist, see: https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback#dynamic-device-management As a workaround, I built v4l2loopback-ctl directly from upstream, but it would be great if the new version was included in Debian. ah no. in order for dynamic device management to work, you need support in the loopback module itself. just updating the utilities doesn't help. there has not been a *release* of v4l2loopback that has dynamic device management. the reasons are explained in https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback/issues/398 as soon as upstream releases a new version of `v4l2loopback`, the Debian packages will be updated accordingly. not sooner. gmsdrtf IOhannes
Bug#985507: v4l2loopback-utils: Unable to use dynamic device management due to old version
Package: v4l2loopback-utils Version: 0.12.5-1 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: jcgo...@protonmail.com Dear Maintainer, The current version of v4l2loopback-ctl in Unstable (currently 0.6) is a bit behind compared to upstream, and, as a result, I am unable to use dynamic device management to create new loopback devices on-the-fly since the option does not exist, see: https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback#dynamic-device-management As a workaround, I built v4l2loopback-ctl directly from upstream, but it would be great if the new version was included in Debian. Thanks, Goran -- System Information: Versions of packages v4l2loopback-utils depends on: ii gstreamer1.0-tools 1.18.3-1 ii sudo1.9.5p2-2 ii v4l-utils 1.20.0-2 Versions of packages v4l2loopback-utils recommends: ii v4l2loopback-dkms 0.12.5-1 v4l2loopback-utils suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
