*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 260918 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260918
I guess, the duplicate status of this bug is wrong. It starts with a
report, that /dev/videoX is not created when plugging a "gspca"-webcam.
This is also my problem, running Ubuntu 8.10 with a 2.6.27-8-generic
kernel and an "Aiptek Minicam", which is recognized as a "Sunplus
Technology Co., Ltd SPCA504a Digital Camera". (The other comments
complain about problems with some applications, but most of the
reporters HAD a /dev/video on their machine!)
Reffering to the drivers, I had no problems in hardy and earlier
versions of Ubuntu using the "gspca" module. The /dev/video0 file was
created and I could use the device with "ekiga" and lately "cheese".
So me and the reporter of the initial bugreport have a problem with the
driver (gspca_XXX), not with a library (libv4l) as in #260918.
Some further informations about my webcam/camera:
lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 012: ID 04fc:504a Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd SPCA504a
Digital Camera
If I connect it, this message is written in /var/log/messages:
Nov 24 23:53:35 blah kernel: [43443.744506] usb 4-2: USB disconnect, address 3
Nov 24 23:53:35 blah kernel: [43443.744521] usb 4-2.3: USB disconnect, address 6
Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.244108] usb 4-2: new high speed USB device
using ehci_hcd and address 10
Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.420161] usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen
from 1 choice
Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.423105] hub 4-2:1.0: USB hub found
Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.424663] hub 4-2:1.0: 4 ports detected
Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.720330] usb 4-2.3: new full speed USB
device using ehci_hcd and address 11
Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.871781] usb 4-2.3: configuration #1 chosen
from 1 choice
Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.998349] usb 4-2.4: new full speed USB
device using ehci_hcd and address 12
Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43445.098144] usb 4-2.4: configuration #1 chosen
from 1 choice
Nov 24 23:53:37 blah kernel: [43445.689154] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
Nov 24 23:53:37 blah kernel: [43445.710079] gspca: main v2.2.0 registered
Nov 24 23:53:37 blah kernel: [43445.717058] gspca: probing 04fc:504a
Nov 24 23:53:39 blah kernel: [43447.890638] gspca: probe ok
Nov 24 23:53:39 blah kernel: [43447.891372] gspca: probing 04fc:504a
Nov 24 23:53:39 blah kernel: [43447.893127] usbcore: registered new interface
driver sunplus
Nov 24 23:53:39 blah kernel: [43447.893682] sunplus: registered
Nov 24 23:53:40 blah kernel: [43448.476749] gspca: disconnect complete
Ubuntu uses the "gspca_sunplus" driver with my device. "gspca_main" and
"videodev" is also loaded. An icon is also placed on the desktop - I guess it's
for the photo- and not for the webcam-function. ;)
Interesting detail: I've got the "Platten einbinden"-applet (I don't know, how
it is originally called. It is for mounting and unmounting devices, I guess
it's called the "drivemount-applet") and the Aiptek-Cam is ALWAYS shown TWICE,
with one of them mounted and the other unmounted. If I try to mount the
unmounted twin, the applet crashes and must be reloaded. Maybe this all has
something to do with the strange message "gspca: disconnect complete" or with
the uncreated /dev/video0 device...?
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GSPCA webcam no longer working: no /dev/video0
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255678
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