On Friday 14 November 2008, Michael Sparks wrote: > On Friday 14 November 2008 17:48:31 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a crystal eye webcam (064e:a101 Suyin Corp.) with my Acer > > Aspire 5920 webcam. I'm experiencing the problem mentioned in this > > thread: > > > > https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/linux-uvc-devel/2008-June/003568.html > > > > (first time it doesn't work, but turns on the light, second time it > > works, then it doesn't, then it works...) > > > > Applying that patch to my ubuntu's 8.10 kernel (2.6.27) made the > > webcam work everytime, at least with luvcview. (I still get some > > freezes with 'cheese', though). But there is no mention on the thread > > if that patch is going to be integrated with the trunk, or if it is > > harmful. So, this mail is to ask, what's the status of that patch? It > > seems to work for me. > > > > Or, how can I help with the testing at least? > > You already have done - I've been using this with 2.6.22.18-vendorpatched > since I made my original post, but I have not had a chance to test with a > recent kernel. (Life's been crazy busy...) > > I've been using this happily however in: > * Skype > * luvcview > * Pygame's experimental camera support > > As noted though, I haven't been able to test with a more recent kernel due > to a lack of sufficient time, but I think your experience above matches > mine. (I've not got the "cheese" application, so I don't know if that's an > issue localised to you or not)
I've recently committed a patch that might fix this issue. Would one of you be able to test the last version of the driver (available on linuxtv.org, see linux-uvc.berlios.de for download instructions) ? Best regards, Laurent Pinchart _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list Linux-uvc-devel@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
