I was able to get my VX-6000 to work on Jaunty using the Microdia driver built from git. Looks like Ubuntu kernel devs wants the microdia driver merged upstream though so they don't have to maintain it out-of-tree. So, for this bug to become fixed what needs to happen is that the microdia git tree needs to be merged into Linus's mainline kernel.
Basically, what I did was: 1. if the webcam is connected, disconnect it temporarily 2. install git and run "git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/microdia.git"; to get the source code 3. cd into the directory and type make (you must have kernel headers and build tool installed ofc) 4. run "sudo insmod ./sn9c20x.ko" 5. connect the webcam to a proper USB port on the back of the PC (at first I used an USB connector on my keyboard and that printed some error in dmesg about "insufficient power"). 6. the /dev/video0 device becomes available right away when you connect the cable and dmesg prints "SN9C20X USB 2.0 Webcam - 045E:00F4 plugged-in". I posted some more notes about it along with dmesg output etc here: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/87054/comments/27 -- Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 High Definition Webcam (PCI ID 045E:00F4 from "lsusb") doesn't work at all https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/56171 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
