On the 19/01/2015 06:02, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
Some series of this webcam have intermittent problems due to a firmware bug, they can "disappear" from system or otherwise freeze/crash applications. You can see [1] as a starting point for investigation. If your device is affected you can try unplugging the webcam, unloading/reloading uvcvideo, and replugging the webcam. Effect of the bug is not persistent over a reboot, but survives a sleep/wake-up cycle.When I try to do a video chat in gmail, the video is not working. It used to work a while ago and stopped working recently. This is most likely due to updating some of the packages. I am trying to narrow down the problematic package. Symptom: In gmail -> settings -> Chat -> Voice and video chat -> Verify your settings -> The "Camera:" section shows UVC Camera (046d:0990). However, instead of displaying the video from the webcam, it shows "A plugin is needed to display this content." Hardware: rajulocal@hogwarts ~ % lsusb Bus 006 Device 003: ID 046d:0990 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 9000
It was working for me as of last week-end, with Iceweasel "esr" on a Jessie/Sid amd64 updated.[...trim] System configuration: I am using a mix of Debian Jessie and Wheezy The complete list of insalled packages can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-OMw5Fsje3kWHFESENPQ3RFSXM/view?usp=sharing which is generated by running $ dpkg -l | grep ^ii But here are the main ones rajulocal@hogwarts ~ % dpkg -l iceweasel google\* \*flash\* | grep ^ii ii flashplugin-nonfree 1:3.6.1 amd64 Adobe Flash Player - browser plugin ii google-talkplugin 5.38.6.0-1 amd64 Google Talk Plugin ii iceweasel 31.4.0esr-1~deb7u1 amd64 Web browser based on Firefox Question: Is video chat in gmail using iceweasel working for anyone running Jessie? If so, can you please share your list of installed packages? This way I can compare version numbers and narrow down the problematic version of the package.
Note that due to a recent change you have to explicitly allow the googletalk/hangout plugin to run, either every time you want to use video chat or choosing "always allow". Firefox/Iceweasel should pop up a warning about this, or display some sort of lego block immediatly on the left of the URL in the URL bar. If you click on the "Lego" block you should be given the option. At least it works like this here.
thanks in advance raju
Hope it helps. [1] http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/#footnote-6