Bug 261996

Summary:	kopete depends on hal to identify webcams
Product:	[Unmaintained] solid	Reporter:	Luis Silva <lacsilva>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	fschaefer.oss, lamarque
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Luis Silva 2011-01-03 20:51:23 UTC

Version:           0.3 (using KDE 4.5.90) 
OS:                Linux

Kopete still depends on hal to recognise webcams. On system that only depend on udev, webcams are, therefore impossible to use.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Just start any hal-less system and run kopete. The webcam is not available.


Expected Results:  
The webcam should be automatically recognised and configured for use with kopete.

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.37-11-generic
Compiler: cc

Comment 1 Frank Schaefer 2011-01-03 21:23:05 UTC

Kopete relies on Solid to detect available video devices.

Comment 2 Lamarque V. Souza 2011-02-09 05:20:35 UTC

Probably solid's udev backend was not finished when you tested this. In my KDE SC 4.6.0 without hal I can see myself in the webcam configuration menu. Unfortunately very few Kopete's plugins implement video chat, only yahoo plugin as far as I know, but I do not use that plugin.

Comment 3 Luis Silva 2011-02-09 12:35:48 UTC

You are probably right. I just tested again and it works out of the box on kde SC 4.6.0. Sorry for the spam.