[Bug 144745] [NEW] Webcam detected, but not working - Bad module

Wed Jan 30 03:35:59 UTC 2008

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My webcam is detected by the system and can be found by the v4l2 driver
in ekiga (i.e. it works in ekiga).  But when I open Cheese, it prompts
"Unable to find a webcam, SORRY!".

This is a Thinkpad T43 266871U.  The system is Ubuntu Gusty, kernel:
2.6.22-12-generic.

### lsusb ###

Bus 005 Device 002: ID 050d:0218 Belkin Components 
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 0d49:3200 Maxtor 
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 0ac8:301b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0301 WebCam
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  

### dmesg ###

[ 2502.084000] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7
[ 2502.280000] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2502.448000] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 2502.488000] zc0301: V4L2 driver for ZC0301[P] Image Processor and Control Chip v1:1.07
[ 2502.488000] usb 2-2: ZC0301[P] Image Processor and Control Chip detected (vid/pid 0x0AC8:0x301B)
[ 2502.564000] usb 2-2: PB-0330 image sensor detected
[ 2502.976000] usb 2-2: Initialization succeeded
[ 2502.976000] usb 2-2: V4L2 device registered as /dev/video0
[ 2502.976000] usbcore: registered new interface driver zc0301
[ 2502.992000] usbcore: registered new interface driver gspca
[ 2502.992000] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: gspca driver 01.00.12 registered

### Output when running Cheese ###

** Message: Probing the webcam, please ignore the following, not applicabable tries
** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4l2src ! fakesink': Could not negotiate format [gstbasesrc.c(2062): gst_base_src_start (): /pipeline0/v4l2src0:
Check your filtered caps, if any]
** Message: test pipeline for v4l2src failed:
[v4l2src ! fakesink]: Could not negotiate format
** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=640,height=480 ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline1/v4lsrc0:
error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0]
** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed:
[v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=640,height=480 ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource.
** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=640,height=480 ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline2/v4lsrc1:
error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0]
** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed:
[v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=640,height=480 ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource.
** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=320,height=240 ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline3/v4lsrc2:
error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0]
** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed:
[v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=320,height=240 ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource.
** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=1280,height=960 ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline4/v4lsrc3:
error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0]
** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed:
[v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=1280,height=960 ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource.
** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=174,height=144 ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline5/v4lsrc4:
error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0]
** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed:
[v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=174,height=144 ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource.
** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=160,height=120 ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline6/v4lsrc5:
error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0]
** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed:
[v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=160,height=120 ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource.
** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline7/v4lsrc6:
error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0]
** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed:
[v4lsrc ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource.
using source: videotestsrc

** Affects: wengophone
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Invalid

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Kernel Bugs (kernel-bugs)
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: udev (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Webcam detected, but not working - Bad module
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