ekiga doesn't find my v4l gspcav1 webcam[solved]

GNUtoo · Veteran Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 1919

what should i do to make ekiga find my webcam....it's a gspcav1 v4l webcam?
i've installed ekiga but i suspect that i need other packages....

blu3bird · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject:

did you install media-video/gspcav1?

you also need v4l in your kernel. nice howto: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_a_webcam
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GNUtoo · Veteran Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 1919

LeetZorro · n00b Joined: 14 May 2006 Posts: 3 Location: new paltz

I just had the same problem...I fixed it by reemerging dev-libs/pwlib with the v4l and v4l2 use flags.

I would check if those use flags are enabled. If not, that is probably the problem.

GNUtoo · Veteran Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 1919

sorry...i have forgotten to add solved to the post...
i fixed it but i don't remember how sorry