[Bug] Camera

[ch-westphal]

Describe the bug

With OpenBoard 1.7.0 on Linux (debian 12.6, flatpack installation) the camera is not recognised by OpenBoard.

The "select camera" button doesn't do anything and, contrary to what I've seen on Windows descriptions, there's no request for access authorisation.

The description of the bug is very brief but if necessary I can do the tests.

To Reproduce

1. Drag & drop the camera application
2. Click on the button for selecting camera
3. ... nothing

Context

• reproducibility : systematic
• OpenBoard version :
  • bug happens with : 1.7.0
• OS :
  • bug happens with :Linux
  • didn't check : Windows macOS
• Installation source : flatpak

Additional context

• OS :

  • Linux : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

• number and resolution of monitors : 1 I will test with 2 soon

[letsfindaway]

Actually I have not tested that with the Flatpak version of OpenBoard. Have you a change to test it with the deb package I provide with my experimental builds? Just in case it has something to do with the permission management for Flatpak.

See https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:letsfindaway:experimental/OpenBoard

The download link for the Debian 12 package would be https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/letsfindaway:/experimental/Debian_12/amd64/openboard_1.7.2-rc.240815-1_amd64.deb

[letsfindaway]

Another question: X11 or Wayland? Note that OpenBoard has several issues when running with Wayland, so X11 is still recommended.

[ch-westphal]

I didn't know about this backport :-) The official debian package is only 1.6.4

The camera works perfectly with the backport and I'm running X11

On Monday I'll test it with the document camera but as it's normally recognised by cheese and webcamoid it should work fine.

[letsfindaway]

See also letsfindaway#161 for some background of my experimental builds.

I will also make the Flatpak maintainer @jbruechert aware of this issue. Perhaps he can tweak the permissions to make the webcam available.

[jbruechert]

Thanks, I wasn't aware of the camera widget so permissions for using the camera are missing in the flatpak.

[ch-westphal]

I'm glad I could be of some help ;-)

[jbruechert]

Should be fixed as soon as the build has finished.

[letsfindaway]

Closed as updated flatpak is now published