Librem 11 how to scan a QR code?

Hardware Librem 11
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Hello!
i wanted to log into the local wifi, and i got a qr code to scan with the relevant data… with cheese i can see the code, but i can’t take the photo (maybe there is a take the shot button below the screen?)

with the camera.app i have no access to the camera…

so, if i want to scan a QR code with the librem 11, how do i achieve that?

ciao
bboett

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Maybe you can try Decoder?

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camera remains black… oh well…

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Same here, except I get a spinning cursor, not just black. The camera is on (switched on) and shows decoder is allowed to use the camera in Settings/Camera/Privacy. Same is true on both the Librem11 and Librem5 (Evergreen). Cheese is able to access the camera.

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Are you using PureOS? If so, are are able to install millipixels? That is the camera app that has the ability to read QR codes, I believe.

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I’m running PureOS as shipped on the device. I have run updates.

millipixels isn’t in the “store”, but it is available via apt. I get this when doing apt install millipixels though:

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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 millipixels : Depends: libcamera0 (>= 0~git20220628+27cc0a6b) but it is not installable
               Depends: libtiff (>= 4.0.3) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

My apt seems ok though, e.g apt -f install on it’s own doesn’t report any errors or brokenness. Also apt upgrade says everything is up to date.

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I installed millipixels on Mobian Phosh on a Pinephone, but I don’t see and QR code features there.

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I take that back. I was able to get millipixels working on the Pinephone. Just need to point at the QR code, it should then draw a red square over the QR code, then tap the red square and it will display the decoded text. :slight_smile:

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Yes running plain pureOS on the librem11…
and millipixels fails because of dependencies to libcamera and tibtiff…
it depends on the git version of libcamera as it seems… :frowning:

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