webcam

gene french gene at genefrench.com
Sun Jun 24 17:10:42 UTC 2007




Thomas Kaiser wrote:
> 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
>
> thanks for your time and effort
gene at acer2_ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep zc0301
zc0301                 48772  0
compat_ioctl32          2304  1 zc0301
videodev               29312  1 zc0301
v4l2_common            18432  2 zc0301,videodev
usbcore               134280  7 
zc0301,hsfosspec,usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
gene at acer2_ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe -r zc0301
gene at acer2_ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep zc0301
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:~$ lsmod | grep videodev
videodev               29312  0
v4l2_common            18432  1 videodev
v4l1_compat            15236  1 videodev
gene at acer2_ubuntu:~$

yes i have the correct headers...and i have tried 
module-assistant...same results...
i even redownloaded the code...

gene at acer2_ubuntu:~$ uname -r
2.6.20-16-generic
synaptic reports linux-headers-generic--> 2.6.20.26.28.1 installed
synaptic reports linux-source linux-source-2.6.20-->2.6.20-16.29 installed

thank you...
gene french





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