Webcam problem with Skype, Logitech S7500, Jaunty

Mark Fraser ubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk
Wed Oct 21 17:15:40 UTC 2009


On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009 09:14:38 Knapp wrote:
> > I think that 9.04 is a bad version, I have lots of problems, which worked
> > in erlier versions, but it happens not so seldom, that items that works
> > well do not work in newer versions of ubuntu, I have observed? - i find
> > it quite a problem for me at least.
> 
> My understanding is that 9.04 got a thing sort of like pulse audio but
> for video. I wish I could remember the name of it. In any case it has
> made all my DVD's not work. Lucky for me I have 8.04 installed too.

Do you mean Video4Linux? My Logitech webcam that worked with 8.04 no longer 
works with 9.04, but it did work when I plugged it into a laptop running 9.10.
I think the problem is that they are moving away from v4l1 and over to v4l2.
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