webcam works in ubuntu natty (pc) but not in debian-ppc squeeze (mac mini g4)

[roger]

Hi all,

I posted on this subject about a month ago but got no replies. 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2011/04/msg00058.html


I want to set up a mac mini g4 as a video capture server, but there seems to be 
a problem with gspca in debian-ppc. I noticed that debian is using an older 
driver version as compared to ubuntu (2.7 vs. 2.9). Maybe I need a newer 
driver? 
Is the later version available for debian-ppc? If so, where could I find it?

Add unstable package sources and specify a later version of (what)?
$ aptitude search ~dgspca
returns nothing. Can someone tell me how to get this?

A diff of dmesg output shows the following for the two machines. 

foo@bar:~/temp/webcam$ diff -u deb-dmesg.txt ubu-dmesg.txt 
--- deb-dmesg.txt2011-05-13 17:02:36.049179388 -0700
+++ ubu-dmesg.txt2011-05-13 17:03:19.229393494 -0700
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 
-usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
-usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=17ef, idProduct=4802
-usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
-usb 1-2: Product: Lenovo USB Webcam
-usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Primax
-usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
+usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
 Linux video capture interface: v2.00
-gspca: main v2.7.0 registered
+gspca: main v2.9.0 registered
 gspca: probing 17ef:4802
-vc032x: check sensor header 20
+vc032x: vc0323 check sensor header 20
 vc032x: Sensor ID 143a (3)
+vc032x: Sensor ID 143a (4)
+vc032x: Sensor ID 143a (5)
+vc032x: Sensor ID 143a (6)
+vc032x: Sensor ID 143a (7)
+vc032x: Sensor ID 143a (8)
+vc032x: Sensor ID 143a (9)
 vc032x: Find Sensor MI1310_SOC
-gspca: probe ok
+gspca: video0 created
 gspca: probing 17ef:4802
 gspca: probing 17ef:4802
 usbcore: registered new interface driver vc032x

Regards,
Roger


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Re: webcam works in ubuntu natty (pc) but not in debian-ppc squeeze (mac mini g4)

[Tom@gmail]

 
 I want to set up a mac mini g4 as a video capture server, but there seems to 
 be 
 a problem with gspca in debian-ppc. I noticed that debian is using an older 
 driver version as compared to ubuntu (2.7 vs. 2.9). Maybe I need a newer 
 driver? 
 Is the later version available for debian-ppc? If so, where could I find it?
 
 Add unstable package sources and specify a later version of (what)?
 $ aptitude search ~dgspca
 returns nothing. Can someone tell me how to get this?
 
 

From the information here:

http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gspca.html

it looks like gspca has been removed from squeeze because the package doesn't 
(didn't?) comply with Debian policy.

You could try contacting the maintainer and pestering him or her to update the 
package.

Or you maybe could compile from source?

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