Re: [Mingw-users] `as.exe' hanging intermittently (SOLVED)

[Craig R. <cr...@po...>]

Greg Chicares wrote:
> On 2006-5-19 2:32 UTC, Craig Ringer wrote:
> [...]
>> Update: while writing this, I appear to have solved the issue. Of all
>> the insane things, the Logitech camera monitor that handles the built-in
>> webcam on this Acer TravelMate 8200 seems to have somehow been
>> interfering with msys, specifically as.exe.
> 
> This might be related:
> 
>   http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=14250861

Yes, that's the same issue, though my webcam is a unit built-in to the 
laptop. (It probably uses internal USB anyway, though).

That poster asks what features they lose by disabling the Logitech 
service. The answer is the "effects" mode on the camera - "avatars" that 
attempt motion tracking based on the real image on the camera, various 
overlays/filters, etc. Clearly this is an earth-shattering loss ;-)

Somebody affected by this problem should NOT rename the executable at 
fault. Rather, they should use the services snap-in (start->run, 
services.msc) to turn off the Logitech Camera Monitor service. Stop it, 
then set it to "Manual" to prevent its automatic launch on future boots.

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Craig Ringer