Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Acer Crystal Eye WebCam (064e:a101 Suyin Corp.): Now it works, now it doesn't
Hi Luis, On Sunday 16 November 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/15/08, Laurent Pinchart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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) ? I'll do it, however... I can't find the download link (blush). The linux-uvc.berlios.de suggest to download a mercurial clone [for developers] or to grab a .tgz from http://linuxtv.org/hg/~pinchartl/uvcvideo/. There is one .tgz and one .tar.bz2 over there, but they are amazingly big... after 5 hours of download (and 7 megabytes downloaded), I had to cancel. ??How do I checkout the head only? (I've never used mercurial before). I'm not sure how you managed to download 7 MBs. The tarball generation script might have had an issue. Here's what I get today: tip.tar.bz2 2,954,254 71.1K/s in 39s tip.tar.gz 3,664,438 114K/s in 38s If you want to clone the Mercurial repository, you will need to install Mercurial and run hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/~pinchartl/uvcvideo/ Please note that this will download a copy of the whole repository and will definitely not save space or bandwidth. You will save bandwidth only when updating to the latest driver, as Mercurial will then only download incremental changes. Best regards, Laurent Pinchart ___ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list Linux-uvc-devel@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Acer Crystal Eye WebCam (064e:a101 Suyin Corp.): Now it works, now it doesn't
I'm not sure how you managed to download 7 MBs. The tarball generation script might have had an issue. Here's what I get today: tip.tar.bz2 2,954,254 71.1K/s in 39s tip.tar.gz 3,664,438 114K/s in 38s Weird bug, then. Well, I managed to download it this time. I removed the previous driver (both the original and the patched), just the uvcvideo.ko file. Then, I did a 'make make install' on the tarball, and rebooted... The now it works, now it doesn't behaviour returned: === [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/webcam/uvcvideo-62c88b326ecd$ luvcview luvcview 0.2.4 SDL information: Video driver: x11 A window manager is available Device information: Device path: /dev/video0 Stream settings: Frame format: YUYV (MJPG is not supported by device) Frame size: 640x480 Frame rate: 30 fps Unable to start capture: Protocol error Error grabbing Cleanup done. Exiting ... === So I guess it isn't fixed yet. (tell me what else to try... I'll do it) Gracias, Luis ___ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list Linux-uvc-devel@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Acer Crystal Eye WebCam (064e:a101 Suyin Corp.): Now it works, now it doesn't
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
Re: [Linux-uvc-devel] Acer Crystal Eye WebCam (064e:a101 Suyin Corp.): Now it works, now it doesn't
On 11/15/08, Laurent Pinchart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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) ? I'll do it, however... I can't find the download link (blush). The linux-uvc.berlios.de suggest to download a mercurial clone [for developers] or to grab a .tgz from http://linuxtv.org/hg/~pinchartl/uvcvideo/. There is one .tgz and one .tar.bz2 over there, but they are amazingly big... after 5 hours of download (and 7 megabytes downloaded), I had to cancel. ??How do I checkout the head only? (I've never used mercurial before). Saludos, y gracias! Luis Zarrabeitia. ___ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list Linux-uvc-devel@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel
