webcam

Thomas Kaiser ubuntu at kaiser-linux.li
Sun Jun 24 15:49:46 UTC 2007


gene french wrote:
> Thomas Kaiser wrote:
>> gene french wrote:
>>   
>>> i have been reading the archives and can not seem to find what i am 
>>> looking for...and i would appreciate it very much is someone here could 
>>> point me in the right direction...
>>>
>>> i have an acer aspire 5610 running feisty...
>>> under 2.6.20-15 my creative webcam live/live pro worked just fine...and 
>>> i had sound in kopete...
>>> i then upgraded to ...20-16 and installed a tvtuner,  hauppauge 
>>> hvr-950...which i got working...
>>> i then lost the webcam and sound in kopete!!
>>> i am not sure if it was the upgrade to ...20-16 or installation of the 
>>> tvtuner killed the webcam?? or maybe it is totally unrelated...when i go 
>>> back to ...20-15 the webcam works...but kernel not compiled up for tvtuner..
>>> i got source for gspcav1... and compiled with no errors...but i get 
>>> error when : sudo modprobe gspca...-->FATAL: Error inserting gspca 
>>> (/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/media/gspca.ko): 
>>> Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
>>> i then blacklisted the two modules needed em28xx and em2880-dvb needed 
>>> to run the tvtuner...same results...and i am at a loss at this point...
>>> if anyone can help...it would save whatever hair that i have left...
>>> thanks in advance
>>>
>>> gene french
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> Hello Gene
>>
>> Make sure videodev is loaded when you try to load gspca.
>>
>> Post "lsmod" and the errors you get when you try to load gspca.
>> But gspca is included in Ubuntu and should work out of the box.
>>
>> What is the USB Vendor:Product ID of your cam?
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>>   
> 
> hello thomas...
>> thank you for taking your time to help me...
>> the webcam did work out of the box while i was running 2.6.20-15..
>> i then upgraded to 2.6.20-16 AND installed tvtuner...i did both without
>> checking inbetween to see if webcam was working...only after i
>> installed both...i then got the new driver(gspcav1-20070508) , compiled, and sudo modprobe
>> gspca would not load...
>> videodev was not loaded...after sudo modprobe videodev...lsmod showed it loaded and associated with v4l2 and v4l1
>> gene at acer2_ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep videodev
>> videodev               29312  2 em28xx,zc0301
>> v4l2_common            18432  5 tvp5150,tuner,em28xx,zc0301,videodev
>> v4l1_compat            15236  2 em28xx,videodev
>> but still gspca will not load...error is:
>> gene at acer2_ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe gspca
>> FATAL: Error inserting gspca
>> (/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/media/gspca.ko):
>> Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
>>   
> gene at acer2_ubuntu:~$ lsusb
>> Bus 005 Device 003: ID 2040:6513 Hauppauge 
>> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
>> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 041e:4036 Creative Technology, Ltd Webcam Live!/Live! Pro
>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
>> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
>>
>>   
> gene at acer2_ubuntu:~/downloads/creative_live$ lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> lgdt330x               10244  1
> qt1010                  7812  0
> mt2060                  6532  0
> mt352                   8328  0
> zl10353                 7816  0
> em2880_dvb             14980  0
> dvb_core               82600  2 lgdt330x,em2880_dvb
> em28xx_audio            7940  0
> xc3028_tuner            9984  2
> tvp5150                20752  0
> tuner                  68008  0
> em28xx                 96180  2 em2880_dvb,em28xx_audio
> ir_common              40068  1 em28xx
> tveeprom               16784  1 em28xx
> zc0301                 48772  0
> compat_ioctl32          2304  2 em28xx,zc0301
> videodev               29312  2 em28xx,zc0301
> v4l2_common            18432  5 tvp5150,tuner,em28xx,zc0301,videodev
> v4l1_compat            15236  2 em28xx,videodev
> ppp_deflate             6912  0
> zlib_deflate           20504  1 ppp_deflate
> bsd_comp                7040  0
> ppp_async              13184  1
> crc_ccitt               3072  1 ppp_async
> ppp_generic            29076  7 ppp_deflate,bsd_comp,ppp_async
> slhc                    7680  1 ppp_generic
> nls_cp437               6784  1
> isofs                  36284  1
> udf                    85252  0
> binfmt_misc            12680  1
> rfcomm                 40856  0
> l2cap                  25856  5 rfcomm
> bluetooth              55908  4 rfcomm,l2cap
> ipv6                  268960  12
> i915                   24448  2
> drm                    81044  3 i915
> ppdev                  10116  0
> acpi_cpufreq           10056  1
> cpufreq_powersave       2688  0
> cpufreq_ondemand        9228  1
> cpufreq_conservative     8200  0
> cpufreq_stats           7360  0
> cpufreq_userspace       5408  0
> freq_table              5792  3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
> pcc_acpi               13184  0
> sony_acpi               6284  0
> tc1100_wmi              8068  0
> dev_acpi               12292  0
> battery                10756  0
> button                  8720  0
> video                  16388  0
> container               5248  0
> dock                   10268  0
> sbs                    15652  0
> i2c_ec                  6016  1 sbs
> i2c_core               22656  11 
> lgdt330x,qt1010,mt2060,mt352,zl10353,xc3028_tuner,tvp5150,tuner,em28xx,tveeprom,i2c_ec
> asus_acpi              17308  0
> backlight               7040  1 asus_acpi
> ac                      6020  0
> af_packet              23816  4
> parport_pc             36388  0
> lp                     12452  0
> parport                36936  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
> fuse                   46612  0
> pcmcia                 39212  0
> hsfhda                109224  3
> hsfserial              24580  3 hsfhda
> hsfengine            1296396  2 hsfhda,hsfserial
> hsfosspec             104040  6 hsfhda,hsfserial,hsfengine
> joydev                 10816  0
> snd_hda_intel          22296  1
> snd_hda_codec         233484  2 hsfhda,snd_hda_intel
> snd_pcm_oss            44544  0
> snd_mixer_oss          17408  1 snd_pcm_oss
> serio_raw               7940  0
> sdhci                  18700  0
> snd_pcm                79876  4 
> em28xx_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_seq_dummy           4740  0
> snd_seq_oss            32896  0
> psmouse                38920  0
> mmc_core               26756  1 sdhci
> yenta_socket           27532  1
> rsrc_nonstatic         14080  1 yenta_socket
> pcmcia_core            40852  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
> iTCO_wdt               11812  0
> ipw3945               118816  1
> ieee80211              34760  1 ipw3945
> ieee80211_crypt         7040  1 ieee80211
> snd_seq_midi            9600  0
> snd_rawmidi            25472  1 snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq_midi_event      8448  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq                52592  6 
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_timer              23684  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> snd_seq_device          9100  5 
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
> iTCO_vendor_support     4868  1 iTCO_wdt
> snd                    54020  13 
> em28xx_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
> soundcore               8672  1 snd
> snd_page_alloc         10888  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> intel_agp              25244  1
> agpgart                35400  3 drm,intel_agp
> shpchp                 34324  0
> pci_hotplug            32576  1 shpchp
> tsdev                   8768  0
> evdev                  11008  5
> ext3                  133128  1
> jbd                    59816  1 ext3
> mbcache                 9604  1 ext3
> sg                     36252  0
> sr_mod                 17060  1
> cdrom                  37664  1 sr_mod
> sd_mod                 23428  3
> generic                 5124  0 [permanent]
> ata_generic             9092  0
> b44                    28044  0
> mii                     6528  1 b44
> ata_piix               15492  3
> libata                125720  2 ata_generic,ata_piix
> scsi_mod              142348  4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
> ehci_hcd               34188  0
> uhci_hcd               25360  0
> usbcore               134280  8 
> em2880_dvb,em28xx_audio,em28xx,zc0301,hsfosspec,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
> thermal                14856  0
> processor              31048  2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
> fan                     5636  0
> fbcon                  42656  0
> tileblit                3584  1 fbcon
> font                    9216  1 fbcon
> bitblit                 6912  1 fbcon
> softcursor              3200  1 bitblit
> vesafb                  9220  0
> capability              5896  0
> commoncap               8192  1 capability
> 
> thanks again for your time and help...
> 
> gene french
> 


Hello Gene

This is a zc301p based webcam and the zc0301 module is already loaded. Try to 
unload zc301 before you load gspca.
Du you have the correct kernel-headers installed for compiling gspca?

Thomas


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