Public bug reported: The Mercury Cyberpix S-550V digital camera's in-built webcam mode does not work out-of-the-box with the spca5xx driver that comes with Ubuntu.
However, the camera is listed on the compatibility chart - http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html Downloading, compiling and installing the latest gspca (not spca5xx) kernel module fixes the problem. I am not sure why but I have to manually make sure all spca5xx module files are deleted before installing gspca, otherwise the old spca5xx module loads up when the camera is plugged in, even after installing the new one. Please consider replacing the scpa5xx module that comes with ubuntu (dapper/edgy) with the latest ones available from - http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html (gspcav1) ** Affects: spca5xx (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Mercury Cyberpix S-550V does not work with included spca5xx, works with latest release https://launchpad.net/bugs/71986 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
