Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.0) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages OS: Linux if you go to webcam's preferences in kopete and then you plug off the webcam kopete crashes, i think it's the same if this happens during a conversation
I'm investigating why it happens.
Fix pending gspca1's Michel Xhaard's goodwill, as described in the kopete-devel post (link below) http://lists.kde.org/?l=kopete-devel&m=119429215312848&w=2
This is still happening in Kopete from kdenetwork 20080705+svn828272 . Used the gspca1 from Ubuntu 8.04.1.
And it's not really a crash , it's a freeze .
Please see comment #2. Until it's fixed in the driver, it sadly can't be fixed in Kopere.
*** Bug 168935 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
what about this bug ? the driver have been fixed ?
Hi Nicolas, today I tested the last version of kopete (from source) and another app that manage Webcam too called cheesse (or something like that :P) ... here my conclutions: - It can't be 2 apps using the same Webcam. in my case cheesse and kopete-settings. - The bug it still there, but it doesn't a kopete issue but seems to be a issue with gspca (Webcam driver/module) I'm trying of load the mxhaard.free.fr page but it seems broken, also I downloaded the gspa sources and a fast view indicates that the code has not been touched since 2005 :(. I hope that someone maintain the source, unfortunately I don't have the skills to such task neither the time :( to start to learn it. Bests, Percy
The gspca1 drivers from mxhaard.free.fr still have that flaw that makes impossible to fix the issue. Mr. Xhaard seems to be unwilling and/or unable to fix his own code.
I suggest resolving this as UPSTREAM, since it's apparently not something Kopete can do anything about.
Device removal has been fixed with KDE SC 4.4 (Kopete 1.0). I also can't reproduce it with kernel-drivers gspca-sn9c20x and gspca-sonixj (kernel 2.6.32.8).