[Bug 344294] Re: camE will not take snapshots through the webcam

[Peter Swinkels]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: came
  
  This is what appears when I attempt to take a single snapshot using my
  webcam and camE:
  
  ==================================================
  camE: camE 1.9 - (c) 1999, 2000 Gerd Knorr, Tom Gilbert
  camE: grabber config: size 320x240, input 0, norm 0, jpeg quality 75
  can't load font FreeSans/8
  can't load font FreeSans/8
  camE: negotiated palette RGB24
  camE: Trust WB-6250X Webcam detected
  camE: * taking shot
  libv4lconvert: Error decompressing JPEG: fill_nbits error: need 2 more bits
  camE: ** shot taken
  camE: *** uploading via ftp
  
  camE: error sending via ftp: camE: camE error: unknown error, attempting to continue
  camE: unknown error, attempting to continue
  camE: shot uploaded
  ==================================================
  
+ btw: Cheese 2.24.2 can take snapshots.
+ 
  camE version 1.9
  kernel version: 2.6.27-11
  Ubuntu 8.10
  Trust WB-6250X Webcam
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
  Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

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camE will not take snapshots through the webcam
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