Hi Amelie,

On Monday 03 November 2008, Amelie Zapf wrote:
> Dear Laurent,
>
> > As your camera supports YUV only, the '-f uvc' argument is required. The
> > error message returned by luvcview in [Exhibit 4] is thus normal.
>
> I assume you meant to say '-f yuv'. '-f uvc' delivers nothing better:

Yes I meant '-f yuv'. Sorry, I need more sleep :-)

> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> luvcview -f uvc
> luvcview version 0.2.1
> Video driver: x11
> A window manager is available
> video /dev/video0
> Unable to set format: 22.
>  Init v4L2 failed !! exit fatal
>
> > Could you please try setting the quirks parameter to 4 when loading the
> > uvcvideo driver ?
>
> This is weird. Upon rmmodding and re-modprobing the driver, the device
> file /dev/video0 is deleted and not recreated (why, I don't know).

This is indeed weird. Could you check the kernel log (dmesg) when this happens 
to see if the driver prints any error message ?

> I tried modifying my /etc/modprobe.conf.local to:
>
> install uvcvideo /sbin/modprobe snd_usb_audio; /sbin/modprobe
> --ignore-install uvcvideo quirks=4
>
> and rebooting, but the error message persists:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> luvcview -f uvc
> luvcview version 0.2.1
> Video driver: x11
> A window manager is available
> video /dev/video0
> Unable to set format: 22.
>  Init v4L2 failed !! exit fatal

What about '-f yuv' ? :-)

> Sorry that I cannot bring better news, don't shoot the messenger :-)

Maybe the next try will be better. Fingers crossed.

Best regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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