Webcam & xsane in 8.10RC

[Thomas Kaiser]

Jeff wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-10-24 at 17:09 -0400, Abhinav Gupta wrote:
>> Perhaps this will help.
>> http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/
>> Get the latest snapshot. Seems to have support for your webcam.
>>
>> Abhinav Gupta
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Jeff
>> <captain.jeffrey.t.spaulding at gmail.com <mailto:captain.jeffrey.t.spaulding at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > Yes i have tried cheese and Camorama but no go. Thanks for the reply.
>> > Jeff
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 2008-10-24 at 16:33 -0400, Abhinav Gupta wrote:
>> >
>> > Have you tried the webcam in Cheese ?
>> > If you don't have it - sudo apt-get install cheese
>> > Try it in cheese first.
>> >
>> > Abhinav Gupta
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Jeff
>> > <captain.jeffrey.t.spaulding at gmail.com <mailto:captain.jeffrey.t.spaulding at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi , have just installed 64bit 8.10RC and having problem with Philips SPC
>> > 900NC webcam not working and Scanner not working. When i start xsane the
>> > webcam light comes on, and the xsane window says "Philips SPC900NC" instead
>> > of "Lide 20" for my scanner. It seems like the webcam and scanner programs
>> > have got mixed somehow?  The webcam and Scanner both work perfectly in
>> > Hardy.  Wonder if anyone can enlighten me please?
>> > Thanks Jeff
>> >
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> Thanks for that but i prefer to use the standard driver that worked fine 
> in 8.04
> Jeff
> 

Hey Jeff

In 8.04 Ubuntu uses gspca V1 for a lot of cams. gspca V1 is no longer 
maintained. So, I think Ubuntu uses gspca V2 in the 8.10 release. gspca 
V2 is a rewrite of the gspca V1 module to fit to the v4l2 interface. 
Therefor not all cams which were working in gspca V1 do work in gspca V2 :-(

What shows the kernel log (dmesg) when you plug the cam and use a viewer 
app.

Thomas