Re: gspca driver on debian sid (amd64)

On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 22:00:47 -1000, Joel Roth wrote:
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 06:25:49PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 08:30:50 +0200, Raven wrote:
Hi all.
I am trying to install the 'gspca' driver for a Logitech webcam but
compiling from source fails and I could not find any debian package
containing that module.
Any ideas?

All the recent Sid kernels should include the gspca modules. To check
for your kernel, see

ls /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/

I am facing a similar situation: attempting to set up a
webcam under sid. Not succeeding in getting any display yet.

2.6.26 doesn't have gspca, but 2.6.29 does.

Note: The gspca modules for the 2.6.26 kernels are provided as separate
packages or they can be custom-built using module-assistant.

I've tried

- two webcams
- amd64 and 486 kernels
- camorama and skype

If you need more help with getting your camera working then we have to
see the relevant part of your "lsusb" output.

Both cameras are recognized, creating /dev/video0.

Hmm, one would hope that once /dev/video0 is created everything should
just work(tm).

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0ac8:307b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. USB 1.1 WebCam
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046e:550f Behavior Tech. Computer Corp.

[...]

Skype lists no video devices with either camera, either
kernel.

Here is the output of camorama, which defaults to /dev/video0

[...]

(camorama:3502): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated
update_tooltip called
tip - acap off
** Message: SET PIC
** Message: SET PIC
update_tooltip called
tip - acap off
Unable to capture image (VIDIOCSYNC)

Any suggestions on troubleshooting/testing?

Google finds some Ubuntu bug reports about a similar problem with
camorama. The problem seems to have appeared after an upgrade from some
alliterative animal to another one, so maybe you have been bitten by a
regression of camorama. Did you try any other tools to access the
camera, e.g. xawtv, v4l-conf, webcam, gqcam, etc.?

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