Hi ... I have the same camera in my Acer Travelmate 5720 notebook. It used to work on Kubuntu Hardy with at least some programs (e.g. Kopete) but since some kernel update I'm getting the following messages in the syslog when I access the cam with Kopete:
ul 2 21:35:02 becconmobil kernel: [ 1060.771468] uvcvideo: Failed to query (1) UVC control 9 (unit 3) : -32 (exp. 2). Jul 2 21:35:02 becconmobil kernel: [ 1060.784658] uvcvideo: Failed to query (1) UVC control 9 (unit 3) : -32 (exp. 2). Jul 2 21:35:06 becconmobil kernel: [ 1063.203034] usb 6-1: USB disconnect, address 2 Jul 2 21:35:06 becconmobil NetworkManager: <debug> [1215027306.133704] nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_64e_a101_CN0314_OV03_VA_R02_00_00_if0_logicaldev_input'). Jul 2 21:35:06 becconmobil NetworkManager: <debug> [1215027306.145828] nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_64e_a101_CN0314_OV03_VA_R02_00_00_if0'). Jul 2 21:35:06 becconmobil NetworkManager: <debug> [1215027306.146531] nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_64e_a101_CN0314_OV03_VA_R02_00_00_if1'). Jul 2 21:35:06 becconmobil NetworkManager: <debug> [1215027306.148510] nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_64e_a101_CN0314_OV03_VA_R02_00_00'). Jul 2 21:35:06 becconmobil NetworkManager: <debug> [1215027306.149459] nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_64e_a101_CN0314_OV03_VA_R02_00_00_if0_video4linux'). Jul 2 21:35:06 becconmobil kernel: [ 1063.469921] usb 6-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 Jul 2 21:35:06 becconmobil kernel: [ 1063.602512] usb 6-1: device descriptor read/all, error -75 Jul 2 21:35:06 becconmobil kernel: [ 1063.721482] usb 6-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 Jul 2 21:35:06 becconmobil kernel: [ 1063.854353] usb 6-1: device descriptor read/all, error -75 Jul 2 21:35:06 becconmobil kernel: [ 1063.970337] usb 6-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 Jul 2 21:35:07 becconmobil kernel: [ 1064.198558] usb 6-1: device descriptor read/8, error -71 Jul 2 21:35:07 becconmobil kernel: [ 1064.319483] usb 6-1: device descriptor read/8, error -71 Obviously some usb issues. After that, the camera disappears from the lsusb-list. By the way: I was never able to use Linphone or Skype. Ekiga only gave me a green blank image. What's wrong. Any ideas how to get the cam to work? My system details: - Acer Travelmate 5720 - Kubuntu Hardy: uname -a Linux becconmobil 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:43:41 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux - uvc module compiled from cvs June 26th 2008 23:11 Thanks for help Conrad _______________________________________________ Linux-uvc-devel mailing list Linux-uvc-devel@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/linux-uvc-devel