Gary Mills wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 01:17:28PM +0800, Colin Zou wrote: > >> I saw the similar issue reported for this webcam before. This webcam >> seems like a usb video class compliant one, but it can not work with >> usbvc driver. My investigation result indicates that, this webcam might >> not fully compliant with usb video class spec. It is not an easy job to >> make it work with usbvc driver since I have not such a device by hand. >> For some tested webcams on solaris, please refer to the heads-up: >> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/pages/2007012201/ >> > > Thanks for the response. Yes, I saw that list, but I wanted to try > one that one not on the list to see if it also worked. The Cam Optia > is supposed to be a driverless webcam that follows the standard. Maybe > I should see if the vendor has a firmware upgrade. > > Please let me know if there is.
> Maybe you should publish a list of webcams that are known not to work! > > Good point. I will file a bug and tell this on the project page on opensolaris. > The other thing I notice is that if I just plug in the camera and leave > the computer idle with only the screensaver running, the computer freezes > after about 20 minutes. I have to reboot it to recover. How can I > debug this problem further? > do you mean the computer freeze only if with the camera plugged? If yes, please test again after remove the usbvc driver (rem_drv usbvc). - Colin > >> Gary Mills wrote: >> >>> I'm testing a Creative Labs Live! Cam Optia webcam on Nevada build 66, >>> running on an AMD box. The USB messages when I plug in the camera >>> seem correct: >>> >>> Jul 15 19:27:07 amd usba: [ID 912658 kern.info] USB 2.0 device >>> (usb41e,4057) operating at hi speed (USB 2.x) on USB 2.0 root hub: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED], usb_mid4 at bus address 2 >>> Jul 15 19:27:07 amd usba: [ID 349649 kern.info] Creative Labs >>> Live! Cam Optia >>> Jul 15 19:27:07 amd genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] usb_mid4 is >>> /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci1019,[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Jul 15 19:27:07 amd genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] >>> /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci1019,[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> (usb_mid4) online >>> Jul 15 19:27:07 amd usba: [ID 912658 kern.info] USB 2.0 >>> interface-association (usbia41e,4057.config1.0) operating at hi speed >>> (USB 2.x) on USB 2.0 root hub: [EMAIL PROTECTED], usbvc2 at bus address 2 >>> Jul 15 19:27:07 amd usba: [ID 349649 kern.info] Creative Labs >>> Live! Cam Optia >>> Jul 15 19:27:07 amd genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] usbvc2 is >>> /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci1019,[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL >>> PROTECTED] >>> Jul 15 19:27:07 amd genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] >>> /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci1019,[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL >>> PROTECTED] (usbvc2) online >>> >>> When I test this with ekiga, I get an error 'Your driver does not seem to >>> support any of the color formats supported by Ekiga.'. It's using a video >>> plugin called `V4L2' and an input device called 'generic USB videoclass >>> device'. I don't see any other choices. >>> >>> Is this a problem with Ekiga, the driver, or the camera? How can I debug >>> this further? Is there any other application I can used to test this >>> camera and driver? >>> > > _______________________________________________ driver-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/driver-discuss
