Kopete & video

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 12:36 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 18 January 2007 12:16, Scott van Looy wrote:
> > Today Dotan Cohen did spake thusly:
> > > On 17/01/07, Scott van Looy <scott at ethosuk.org.uk> wrote:
> > >> Today Dotan Cohen did spake thusly:
> > >> > I'm also a bit shocked. I jump around from distro to distro, and I
> > >> > haven't had a problem with Kopete in a long time. My webcam is a
> > >> > Logitech Quikcam. On my current distro, Kubuntu, I just plugged it in
> > >> > and it works. I've got Kopete 0.12.3 on KDE 3.5.5. I'm actually
> > >> > considering whether this month It'll be FC6 or (don't hate me) the
> > >> > latest SUSE, which I haven't tried in a while. If webcam support under
> > >> > Fedora is that bad, then that'll be a big problem for me. My first
> > >> > daughter was born two weeks ago, and the grandparents don't live in
> > >> > Israel. So there's been quite a bit of webcamming going on in our
> > >> > household as of late.
> > >>
> > >> Stop with the FUD. Get the correct kernel module for your cam (most are
> > >> available from ATrpms and other places if they're not included already)
> > >> and then load kopete. Worked first time with my ancient Intel Create and
> > >> Share camera...
> > >
> > > What FUD? I said it worked for me out of the box on Kubuntu. I haven't
> > > even tried it yet on Fedora. Better yet, your FUD-crying makes real
> > > FUD go unchallenged. As soon as I _do_ have problems (if I do) then
> > > I'll take care of them. Until I do, I'll be happy.
> >
> > "I'm also a bit shocked." and "If webcam support under Fedora is that bad"
> > - fud. You've not tried it, you're spreading fear, uncertainty and
> > doubt...
> >
> > If you have a problem with it, then comment on it?
> >
> Fear there may be.  Uncertainty and doubt - no.  You will see that both Keith 
> and I are having great problems.  They exist.  If someone comments that 
> another distro can handle something but FC can't, that's legitimate comment.  
> As it is, Dotan has said that he can use it in kubuntu, and will try it on 
> fedora.
Add me to the list Anne, I've not been able to send anything. Is it a
port problem?? Ric

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