[Bug 33387] Creative webcam plus driver does not work.

[John Cooper]

Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/33387

Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 linux-image-2.6.15-16-686 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

Description:
When I plug in the creative webcam plus the kernel loads the driver and
creates the devices fine but when I try to access the device with xawtv
of gnomemeeting I get no picture.

dmesg output:

[4303515.482000] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2[4303517.244000] Linux video capture interface: v1.00
[4303517.359000] drivers/usb/media/ov511/ov511.c: USB OV518 video device found
[4303517.361000] drivers/usb/media/ov511/ov511.c: Device revision 9
[4303517.373000] drivers/usb/media/ov511/ov511.c: Compression required with OV518...enabling
[4303518.720000] drivers/usb/media/ov511/ov511.c: Sensor is an OV6630AE
[4303518.929000] drivers/usb/media/ov511/ov511.c: Device at usb-0000:00:07.2-1 registered to minor 0
[4303518.929000] usbcore: registered new driver ov511
[4303518.930000] drivers/usb/media/ov511/ov511.c: v1.64 for Linux 2.5 : ov511 USB Camera Driver
[4303558.465000] drivers/usb/media/ov511/ov511.c: No decompressor available
[4303560.229000] drivers/usb/media/ov511/ov511.c: No decompressor available
[4303560.918000] drivers/usb/media/ov511/ov511.c: No decompressor available
[4303563.210000] drivers/usb/media/ov511/ov511.c: No decompressor available


ii  linux-image-2. 2.6.15-16.23   Linux kernel image for version 2.6.15 on PPr