You could post the verbose logs you have. THe VIA chips are probably the worst.
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Andy Fraser wrote: > I've just subscribed to the list. For a long time, I've been trying > to get gnomemeeting working on my son Adrian's computer. I've used GM > for years on my machine, but on Adrian's computer, I have not gotten a > webcam to work reliably. I've tried three different webcams each of > which has worked on other machines. So I suspect that there's a > problem higher up on his machine. The next level up is the USB, which > is why I'm mailing here. > > The three webcams use the drivers: > pwc > quickcam > ov511 > > I think the usb controller is "Product=VIA Technologies, > Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller" > > I got the following in the terminal from which I start xawtv: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xawtv > This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.9amf) > /dev/video0 [v4l]: no overlay support > v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway > ioctl: > VIDIOC_QUERYCAP(driver="";card="";bus_info="";version=0.0.0;capabilities=0x0 > [ ]): Unknown error 515 > Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to > type Fon tStruct > v4l: timeout (got SIGALRM), hardware/driver problems? > ioctl: VIDIOCSYNC(int=0): Interrupted system call > v4l: timeout (got SIGALRM), hardware/driver problems? > > Earlier, I've had problems with the webcam and found that keyboard > input failed and I had to either restart X or reboot the machine. > > I've built my own 2.6.9 kernel and turned on the USB verbose debugging > option in the kernel configuration > > Any advice? > > > > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
