I know it sounds weird, but whenever I select my webcam, and then select a channel it gives me this in my console where I started the process:
bgerror failed to handle background error.
Original error: expected integer but got ""
Error in bgerror: unable to convert date-time string "5//20/12/0 05::00"
I ran the process with strace to try and work it out myself, but I can't trace it back far enough, so I was hoping someone else might have encountered this?
Anyway, here's the part from strace:
{...}
gettimeofday({1135700450, 645247}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700450, 645304}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
select(6, [3 4 5], [], [], {0, 23511}) = 1 (in [3], left {0, 20000})
gettimeofday({1135700450, 650840}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
ioctl(3, FIONREAD, [32]) = 0
read(3, "\5\1\376[\223\16\326\3\23\1\0\0g\3\340\0\0\0\0\0\353\2"..., 32) = 32
open("/dev/video0", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 6
ioctl(6, EXT2_IOC_GETVERSION, 0xbf8ed140) = 0
ioctl(6, VIDIOCGCHAN, 0xbf8ed110) = 0
close(6) = 0
open("/dev/video0", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = 6
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0777, st_rdev=makedev(81, 0), ...}) = 0
fcntl64(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
ioctl(6, 0x80685600, 0x95485d4) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
close(6) = 0
close(6) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor)
open("/dev/video0", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = 6
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0777, st_rdev=makedev(81, 0), ...}) = 0
fcntl64(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
ioctl(6, EXT2_IOC_GETVERSION, 0x92f5d28) = 0
ioctl(6, VIDIOCGMBUF, 0x92f5e80) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 2457616, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, 6, 0) = 0xb769a000
rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0xb7b54990, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
ioctl(6, VIDIOCGCHAN, 0x87cb400) = 0
ioctl(6, VIDIOCSCHAN, 0xbf8ecfb0) = 0
ioctl(6, VIDIOCSCHAN, 0xbf8ecfb0) = 0
ioctl(6, VIDIOCSCHAN, 0xbf8ecfb0) = 0
ioctl(6, VIDIOCSCHAN, 0xbf8ecfb0) = 0
ioctl(6, VIDIOCSCHAN, 0xbf8ecfb0) = 0
ioctl(6, 0x800476c6, 0xbf8ecfac) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
ioctl(6, VIDIOCGFBUF, 0x92f5de4) = 0
ioctl(6, VIDIOCGPICT, 0x92f5dc4) = 0
munmap(0xb769a000, 2457616) = 0
close(6) = 0
open("/dev/video0", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = 6
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0777, st_rdev=makedev(81, 0), ...}) = 0
fcntl64(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
ioctl(6, EXT2_IOC_GETVERSION, 0x92f5d28) = 0
ioctl(6, VIDIOCGMBUF, 0x92f5e80) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 2457616, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, 6, 0) = 0xb769a000
ioctl(6, VIDIOCSCHAN, 0x87cb400) = 0
ioctl(6, EXT2_IOC_GETVERSION, 0x92f5d28) = 0
ioctl(6, EXT2_IOC_GETVERSION, 0x92f5d28) = 0
ioctl(6, VIDIOCMCAPTURE, 0x934dcb8) = 0
alarm(5) = 0
ioctl(6, VIDIOCSYNC, 0x934dcb8) = 0
alarm(0) = 5
select(6, [3 4 5], [], [], {0, 0}) = 1 (in [3], left {0, 0})
gettimeofday({1135700451, 484818}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
ioctl(3, FIONREAD, [800]) = 0
read(3, "\4\1\376[\326\16\326\3\23\1\0\0g\3\340\0\0\0\0\0\353\2"..., 800) = 800
gettimeofday({1135700451, 485121}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
write(3, "&\30\2\0\23\1\0\0", 8) = 8
read(3, "\1\1\377[\0\0\0\0\23\1\0\0\256M \0\265\2{\1\265\2{\1\20"..., 32) = 32
gettimeofday({1135700451, 485631}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 485745}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 485802}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 485856}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 485981}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 486039}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 486094}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 486164}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 486220}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 486275}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 486373}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 486428}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 486482}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 486554}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
gettimeofday({1135700451, 486607}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
open("/dev/video0", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 EBUSY (Device or resource busy)
open("/dev/video0", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 EBUSY (Device or resource busy)
write(3, "\2\30\4\0[\3\340\0\2\0\0\0\344\347\352\0\2\0\4\0[\3\340"..., 96) = 96
select(6, [3 4 5], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout)
gettimeofday({1135700451, 488468}, {4294967236, 0}) = 0
getcwd("/usr/share/amsn", 4097) = 16
lstat64("/usr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat64("/usr/share", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat64("/usr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat64("/usr/share", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat64("/usr/share/amsn", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
access("/usr/share/amsn/cvs_date", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
time(NULL) = 1135700451
write(2, "bgerror failed to handle backgro"..., 44bgerror failed to handle background error.
) = 44
write(2, " Original error: ", 20 Original error: ) = 20
write(2, "expected integer but got \"\"", 27expected integer but got "") = 27
write(2, "\r\n", 2
) = 2
write(2, " Error in bgerror: ", 22 Error in bgerror: ) = 22
write(2, "unable to convert date-time stri"..., 54unable to convert date-time string "5//20/12/0 05::00") = 54
write(2, "\r\n", 2
) = 2
write(3, "5\30\4\0\'\1\340\0\272\0\340\0\5\2\30\0F\0\5\0\'\1\340"..., 88) = 88
read(3, 0xbf8edf10, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3])
read(3, "\1\30\n\\\0\0\0\0\23\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\5\2\30\0\0\0\0\0 \35"..., 32) = 32
write(3, ";\3\37\0\r\0\340\0\0\0\0\0\t\0\0\0\7\0\1\0\5\0\1\0\2\0"..., 188) = 188
write(3, "J\3\6\0\'\1\340\0\"\1\340\0Q\0\20\0\3\0 \272\260\0\1\000"..., 192) = 192
read(3, 0xbf8edf10, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3])
read(3, "\1\30\30\\\0\0\0\0\23\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\5\2\30\0\0\0\0\0 \35"..., 32) = 32
write(3, ";\3\37\0\r\0\340\0\0\0\0\0\t\0\0\0\7\0\1\0\5\0\1\0\2\0"..., 188) = 188
write(3, "J\3\r\0\'\1\340\0\"\1\340\0\270\0\20\0!\0oVer 7 DA"..., 60) = 60
read(3, 0xbf8edf10, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3])
read(3, "\1\30\36\\\0\0\0\0\23\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\5\2\30\0\0\0\0\0 \35"..., 32) = 32
write(3, "8\3\5\0\r\0\340\0\0\0\6\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0H\2\352\1\344"..., 2064) = 2064
write(3, "6\3\2\0\'\1\340\0\n\0\2\0\377\0\340\0\n\0\2\0\0\1\340\0"..., 736) = 736
select(6, [3 4 5], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout)
{...}
v4l-info (A tool which I downloaded because Gentoo didn't come with it) gave me:
agilo@localhost [~/bla]$ ./v4l-info
### video4linux device info [/dev/video0] ###
general info
VIDIOCGCAP
name : "Logitech QuickCam Express II"
type : 0x1 [CAPTURE]
channels : 1
audios : 0
maxwidth : 352
maxheight : 288
minwidth : 160
minheight : 120
channels
VIDIOCGCHAN(0)
channel : 0
name : "SPCA561"
tuners : 0
flags : 0x0 []
type : CAMERA
norm : 0
tuner
ioctl VIDIOCGTUNER: Invalid argument
audio
ioctl VIDIOCGAUDIO: Invalid argument
picture
VIDIOCGPICT
brightness : 27136
hue : 2672
colour : 9301
contrast : 11264
whiteness : 514
depth : 24
palette : RGB24
buffer
VIDIOCGFBUF
base : (nil)
height : 0
width : 0
depth : 0
bytesperline : 0
window
VIDIOCGWIN
x : 0
y : 0
width : 160
height : 120
chromakey : 0
flags : 0
And yes, my device settings are set-up correctly and my webcam
does work with the "test.tcl" program, and with gnomemeeting and with xawtv, so I think this is aMSN specific.
Hopefully I provided enough information..
