[kde-linux] Why does webkam require printer?

[Thomas Taylor]

On Thursday 14 January 2010 01:54:02 am Kevin Krammer wrote:
> On Wednesday, 2010-01-13, Thomas Taylor wrote:
> > I've been trying to get the builtin webcam in my Dell studio 1745 to work
> > without success.  After digging around through various logs and web
> >  searches, it seems that KDEs' webkam requires a printer to be set up in
> >  cups.  Why?
> >
> > I don't have a printer connected to my laptop and currently no "home"
> >  network. My wife and I take turns switching cables to the internet
> >  (wireless will come soon I hope).
> >
> > This is the output in messages after trying to start webkam:
> > *******
> > laptop:/home/tom/Documents # tail /var/log/messages
> > Jan 13 10:49:28 laptop kernel: [   29.371764] Slow work thread pool:
> >  Starting up
> > Jan 13 10:49:28 laptop kernel: [   29.371912] Slow work thread pool:
> > Ready Jan 13 10:49:28 laptop kernel: [   29.371979] FS-Cache: Loaded
> > Jan 13 10:49:28 laptop kernel: [   29.408690] FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs'
> >  registered for caching
> > Jan 13 10:49:28 laptop sm-notify[2377]: Already notifying clients;
> > Exiting! Jan 13 10:49:36 laptop kernel: [   37.238114] eth0: no IPv6
> > routers present Jan 13 10:49:46 laptop checkproc: checkproc: can not get
> > session id for process 3568!
> > Jan 13 10:50:02 laptop python: hp-systray[3743]: warning: No hp: or
> > hpfax: devices found in any installed CUPS queue. Exiting.
> > Jan 13 12:59:43 laptop su: (to root) tom on /dev/pts/1
> > Jan 13 13:02:19 laptop su: (to root) tom on /dev/pts/1
> > laptop:/home/tom/Documents #
> > *******
> > The laptop python line sometimes comes up with lp instead of hp.  This
> >  happens every time I try to start webkam.
> 
> hp-systray sounds like a Hewlett Packard tool, probably  something
>  displaying printer status such as ink levels in the system tray part of
>  the panel.
> 
> Since I haven't heard about a program called "webkam" yet, where did you
>  get it from?
> Could it be part of a set of utilities for HP hardware?
> 
> Cheers,
> Kevin
> 
It's a kde app.  Not sure which forum I heard about it in.  See attached 
image.

-- 
Thanks, Tom (retired penguin)
openSUSE 11.2 x86_64, KDE 4.3.1
linxt at comcast.net
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