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Date:      Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:43:12 +0200
From:      David Naylor <naylor.b.david@gmail.com>
To:        Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>
Cc:        freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: webcamd and Pixart Imaging
Message-ID:  <201009021243.17869.naylor.b.david@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201009021108.55301.hselasky@c2i.net>
References:  <201008292147.09750.naylor.b.david@gmail.com> <201009021057.55901.naylor.b.david@gmail.com> <201009021108.55301.hselasky@c2i.net>

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On Thursday 02 September 2010 11:08:55 Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> On Thursday 02 September 2010 10:57:52 David Naylor wrote:
> > On Wednesday 01 September 2010 09:19:55 Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> > > > Will it matter if my kernel is a bit old (about 3 months)?  Are the=
re
> > > > any (small) live linux distros that have good webcam support (so th=
at
> > > > I can check if the cam works at all with gspca)?
> > > >=20
> > > > David
> > >=20
> > > Maybe you could check your webcam in Ubuntu?
> > >=20
> > > --HPS
> >=20
> > Just before I was about to check the webcam with Ubuntu  I tried it on
> > another computer... and it worked.
> >=20
> > To make sure: I copied across the debug build of webcam and it worked
> > with that as well.  It certainly is not the software on the webcamd
> > side. cuse4bsd is the same on both computers.  Both systems are running
> > different custom kernels but contain the same usb devices (the same as
> > GENERIC).
> >=20
> > On the computer that works `pwcview -s vga` does not work.  I expect th=
at
> > to be a limitation of the device.
> >=20
> > On the other computer, I tried every USB port and none of them work.  T=
he
> > USB controllers are:
> >=20
> > ohci0@pci0:0:11:0:      class=3D0x0c0310 card=3D0x50041458 chip=3D0x026=
d10de
> > rev=3D0xa3 hdr=3D0x00
> >=20
> >     vendor     =3D 'NVIDIA Corporation'
> >     device     =3D 'MCP51 USB Controller'
> >     class      =3D serial bus
> >     subclass   =3D USB
> >=20
> > ehci0@pci0:0:11:1:      class=3D0x0c0320 card=3D0x50041458 chip=3D0x026=
e10de
> > rev=3D0xa3 hdr=3D0x00
> >=20
> >     vendor     =3D 'NVIDIA Corporation'
> >     device     =3D 'MCP51 USB Controller'
> >     class      =3D serial bus
> >     subclass   =3D USB
> >=20
> > The USB ports do work for umass, u3g and umodem devices.  Will the kern=
el
> > version have an impact, should I upgrade to head?
> >=20
> > The webcam works with Ubuntu on both computers.
>=20
> There has been some updates in the kernel in the USB area (isochronous
> transfers), which might affect Webcam operation.

I've updated the kernel, cuse4bsd (0.1.13) and webcamd (0.1.15).  Still no=
=20
luck. =20

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