This still doesn't work in Intrepid with kernel 2.6.27-11-generic. It's been YEARS now.
The problem is a missing JPEG decompressor. It's not needed by ALL ov511 cameras, apparently. The decompressor source is already available in package ov51x-jpeg- source which is designed to be built using module-assistant, `m-a a-i ov51x-jpeg-source`. Unfortunately, that package does not build - it's broken. Apparently this has been fixed in Jaunty. See bug #262853. Here's a dmesg snippet: *plugged in the camera* [44274.490731] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 [44274.508539] ov511: USB OV518 video device found [44274.510124] ov511: Device revision 9 [44274.522126] ov511: Compression required with OV518...enabling [44275.913164] ov511: Sensor is an OV6630AE [44276.118369] ov511: Device at usb-0000:00:1d.1-2 registered to minor 0 [44276.118443] usbcore: registered new interface driver ov511 [44276.118451] ov511: v1.64 for Linux 2.5 : ov511 USB Camera Driver * cat /dev/video0 * [45736.549348] ov511: No decompressor available -- webcam error - ov511.c: No decompressor available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41779 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
