Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 14:34:35 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 287078] multimedia/cheese: fails to show images/video for a working webcam Message-ID: <bug-287078-6497@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=287078 Bug ID: 287078 Summary: multimedia/cheese: fails to show images/video for a working webcam Product: Ports & Packages Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: Individual Port(s) Assignee: gnome@FreeBSD.org Reporter: tom@eborcom.com Flags: maintainer-feedback?(gnome@FreeBSD.org) Assignee: gnome@FreeBSD.org Whenever I run cheese, it fails to show any image or video. The application starts, and in the middle of a black box says "There was an error playing video from the webcam". When I run `cheese` from the command line I see the following output: (cheese:2650): cheese-CRITICAL **: 15:26:05.932: GValue type gint x GstValueList, cannot be handled for resolution (cheese:2650): cheese-CRITICAL **: 15:26:05.932: GValue type gint x GstValueList, cannot be handled for resolution (cheese:2650): cheese-CRITICAL **: 15:26:05.932: GValue type gint x GstValueList, cannot be handled for resolution (cheese:2650): cheese-CRITICAL **: 15:26:05.932: GValue type gint x GstValueList, cannot be handled for resolution (cheese:2650): cheese-WARNING **: 15:26:06.196: Failed to allocate required memory.: ../sys/v4l2/gstv4l2src.c(959): gst_v4l2src_decide_allocation (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin35/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src1: Buffer pool activation failed I have seen this problem on several desktop machines running FreeBSD with various different webcams. I do not use gnome, but run xfce4. I wonder if the port omits essential dependencies. The webcams always work without a problem in other applications such as firefox and webcamoid. I have `webcamd_enable="YES"` set in /etc/rc.conf and `pgrep -fla webcam` shows: 1119 /usr/local/sbin/webcamd -i 0 -d ugen0.4 -B -U webcamd -G webcamd Please let me know if you need any further information or would like me to experiement running additional packages or different configuration. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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