Hi Ralph,

On Monday 21 July 2008, Ralph Müller-Welt wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> as i dont use my Logitech Quickcam Orbit/Sphere MP regularily, i dont know
> since when ive got the cam not working.
> I plug the device in but no /dev/videoX is created.
> So i got the Sources and tried with this.
>
> Kubuntu 8.0.4.1
> $ uname -a
> Linux A8V 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 21:01:46 UTC 2008 x86_64
> GNU/Linux
>
> $ modinfo uvcvideo
> filename:      
> /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/ubuntu/media/usbvideo/uvcvideo.ko version:  
>      SVN r233
> license:        GPL
> description:    USB Video Class driver
> author:         Laurent Pinchart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> srcversion:     5FE247AD7B1AE79DCD23CC1
> ...
> alias:          usb:v046Dp08C2d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip00*
> ...
> depends:        usbcore,videodev,v4l2-common,v4l1-compat,compat_ioctl32
> vermagic:       2.6.24-19-generic SMP mod_unload
> parm:           quirks:Forced device quirks (uint)
> parm:           trace:Trace level bitmask (uint)
>
> $ modprobe uvcvideo
> /var/log/messages
> usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
> USB Video Class driver (SVN r233)
>
> Plugging in the device
> /var/log/messages
> usb 5-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
> usb 5-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (046d:08c2)

Seems pretty normal until then.

> Same result with or without udev-rule
> KERNEL=="video?", SUBSYSTEMS=="video4linux", ATTR{name}=="UVC Camera*",
> SYMLINK+="video-cam"
>
> I know it did work somewhen :-)
> So why not anymore?

Check /sys/class/video4linux and see if the kernel created a device for your 
webcam. If it did you probably have a udev issue, if it didn't then there's a 
driver-side problem.

Best regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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