Re: ANNOUNCE - Ekiga 3.2.5 [STABLE] available

> On Tue, Jul  7, 2009 at 21:31 (+0200), Eugen Dedu wrote:
>
> Thanks for the quick response.
>
>> Jim Diamond wrote:
>
>>> I tried compiling this on Knoppix 6.0.1
>
>>> In the end I could not convince Knoppix, apt-get and ekiga's configure
>>> script to see eye-to-eye regarding dbus, and had to configure it with
>>> --disable-dbus
>
>> The main error is here.  What is the error with dbus enabled?
>
> Here is the end of the output from configure:
>
> ------------------
> checking for XV... yes
> checking for DBUS... configure: error: Package requirements (dbus-1 >= 0.36 dbus-glib-1 >= 0.36) were not met:
>
> No package 'dbus-1' found
> No package 'dbus-glib-1' found
>
> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
> installed software in a non-standard prefix.
>
> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables DBUS_CFLAGS
> and DBUS_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
> See the pkg-config man page for more details.
> ------------------
>
> OK, I'll just try installing dubs-1:
>
> ------------------
> sudo apt-get install dbus-1
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree      
> Reading state information... Done
> Package dbus-1 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> However the following packages replace it:
>   dbus
> E: Package dbus-1 has no installation candidate
> ------------------

> It may well just be that I am not debian-compliant, but I don't know
> what to install, and a (quick) web search did not help me on this one.
>
>
> If someone can tell me how to make configure happy, I'd be even
> happier.  Or tell me which packages to install...
>
>
> I tried fooling configure by saying
> env DBUS_LIB=" " DBUS_CFLAGS=" " ./configure ...
> but some compile or link eventually crashed and burned.
>
>
>
>>> Problem 1
>>> ---------
>>> Unfortunately, it is unable to see any audio or video devices this
>>> way.  Does it use dbus to figure out the a/v devices, or do the
>>> assembled masses think my problem is unrelated to that?
>
>> I think dbus is mandatory for device discovery.  Could someone confirm?
>
>>> I also compiled it on Slackware 12.2 (an infinitely simpler process
>>> than for Knoppix, as it turns out, using slight mods of the SlackBuild
>>> scripts on www.slackbuild.org).
>
>>> Problem 2
>>> ---------
>>> On Slackware ekiga refuses to see my ov511 web cam, although it is
>>> happy with my Logitech web cam (a pwc-based web cam).  Has ekiga given
>>> up on older web cams?  This web cam works happily with other video
>>> applications on that system.
>
>> Have you libv4l library installed?  If yes, please send the -d 4 output...
> I have libv4l-0.5.7 compiled and installed with the Slackware 12.2 slackbuild.
>
> The output is a bit large to include here.  You can get it from
> http://cs.acadiau.ca/~jdiamond/ekiga-d4.out
>
> As I recall, older versions of ekiga (or maybe gnomemeeting) got you
> to select V4L or V4L2.  I don't see that choice any more.  The camera
> that works required, as I recall, V4L2 whereas this one required V4L.
> So maybe the code to deal with V4L vs. V4L2 has an issue.
>
>
> Thanks.
> Jim
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