Re: VINO support in kernel

[Fred Barnes <F.R.M.Barnes@kent.ac.uk>]

> Does it mean that image is totaly black, or there is something very dark
> on it? (try adjust brightness or aim IndyCam against light bulb). It is
> possible that you're hitting "brightness setting bug" [*] - IndyCam seems to
> ignore value written to brightness register.

Totally black -- png files come out at < 1k bytes, ppm output is all zeros.
Currently pointing the camera out of the window into the sunshine to try
and get some brightness out of it.  Prodding the brightness setting doesn't
seem to have much effect (10, 20, 100, and 40000).  vgrabbj -s /dev/video
chucks out:

    Videodevice name: /dev/video (VINO IndyCam/TV)
    Capabilities
    Type     : 513  Values can be looked up at videodev.h
    Channels : 3
    Audio    : 0
    MaxWidth : 768
    MaxHeight: 576
    MinWidth : 32
    MinHeigth: 32
    
    Current Settings:
    Brightness: 40000
    Hue       : 0
    Color     : 0
    Contrast  : 0
    Whiteness : 0
    Depth     : 24
    Palette   : RGB32 (5)
    Width     : 640
    Height    : 480
    Chromakey : 0


Cheers,

-- Fred