zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v: Error, failed to query crop /dev/video0: Invalid argument

When I launch

zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v

I get the following error:

Error, failed to query crop /dev/video0: Invalid argument

I've tried to chmod 777 my web cam:

sudo chmod 777 /dev/video0

but the I was getting the same error.

However

zmu -d /dev/video0 -V 1 -q -v

is working fine in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid:

Video Device: /dev/video0
Video Capabilities
  Name: Slim 1322 AF
  Type: 1
    Can capture
  Video Channels: 1
  Audio Channels: 0
  Maximum Width: 1280
  Maximum Height: 1024
  Minimum Width: 48
  Minimum Height: 32
Window Attributes
  X Offset: 0
  Y Offset: 0
  Width: 640
  Height: 480
Picture Attributes
  Palette: 8 - YUYV
  Colour Depth: 16
  Brightness: 21959
  Hue: 32768
  Colour :44127
  Contrast: 0
  Whiteness: 0
Channel 0 Attributes
  Name: Camera 1
  Channel: 0
  Flags: 0
  Type: 2 - Camera
  Format: 0 - PAL

A USB camera that doesn't support cropping will produce an error message

Error, failed to query crop: /dev/video0: Invalid argument

from

zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v

Fix for the problem:

Originally Posted by [FIX] ZM 1.24.2: Error, failed to query crop

Failures are exhibited in zmu, and other places that rely on LocalCamera::GetCurrentSettings.

The fault is in LocalCamera::GetCurrentSettings.

The error arises from the fact that ioctl VIDIOC_G_CROP returns -1 and errno = EINVAL to indicate that cropping is not supported. LocalCamera::GetCurrentSettings treats any negative rc from ioctl VIDIOC_G_CROP as grounds for abnormal termination.

The fix is straightforward and short. All changes are in zm_local_camera.cpp as follows:

911,912c911 
<        int crop_rc = vidioctl( vid_fd, VIDIOC_G_CROP, &crop ); 
<             if ((crop_rc  < 0 ) && (errno != EINVAL)) 
--- 
>             if ( vidioctl( vid_fd, VIDIOC_G_CROP, &crop ) < 0 ) 
921,928c920,921 
<             if ( verbose ) { 
<       if (crop_rc >= 0) { 
<                    sprintf( output+strlen(output), "  Current: %d x %d\n", crop.c.width, crop.c.height ); 
<       } 
<       else { 
<          sprintf( output+strlen(output), "  Current: Cropping is not supported\n"); 
<       } 
<        } 
--- 
>             if ( verbose ) 
>                 sprintf( output+strlen(output), "  Current: %d x %d\n", crop.c.width, crop.c.height );