Bug#629149: ekiga: Error while accessing video device UVC Camera (17ef:480c)

[John Sullivan]

Eugen Dedu <Eugen.Dedu at pu-pm.univ-fcomte.fr> writes:

> On 04/06/11 00:19, John Sullivan wrote:
>> Package: ekiga
>> Version: 3.2.7-2+b1
>> Severity: important
>>
>>
>> When starting Ekiga, I get the error in the subject line, followed by
>> "Could not open the chosen channel." There is no local video image.
>>
>> This is on a Thinkpad X200T, using the built-in webcam.
>>
>> I've tried changing the channel in the video configuration, selecting
>> Detect Devices, and all of the different options presented for
>> devices. None work.
>>
>> The camera works fine in every other application I have tried,
>> including Cheese and v4l2ucp.
>>
>> It has worked with Ekiga in the past, but it has been at least a few
>> months since I used it last.
>
> This means that the channel cannot be open.  Have you tried putting 0
> (or maybe 1 and 2) as channel in preferences *and restart ekiga*?

Channel 0 is the one that I didn't try -- I only tried 1 and up. 0 does
work, even without restarting.