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Re: [Spca50x-devs] vimicro trouble, feel like helping out?

anoniempje wrote:
> hey all,
> i'm experiencing some strange problems, trying to get a vimicro cam
> working with your driver. the module compiles nicely, loads fine,
> usbcore picks it up and the following lines pops up in the syslog:
> usbcore: registered new driver spca5xx
> /usr/local/src/spca-5xx-20060501/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: spca5xx driver
> 00.60.00 registered
> so far so good, but when i try out spcaview, it gives me:
> Using video device /dev/video0.
> Initializing v4l.
> ERROR opening V4L interface
> : No such device
> which seems odd, because i'm really sure VIDEO_DEV is in the kernel
> (also tried the virtual video driver, which works fine).
> i'm using kernel 2.6.17.6 with the video_dev and video_v4l1_compat
> compiled into the kernel. i also tried to have these as modules and
> without the backward compatibility, but nothing worked.
> i know c, but have fairly little experience with kernel-stuff and none
> at all with v4l, so i'm left puzzled here. i'd be happy to spend some
> time to try and solve this, but if you have any hints as to where this
> is going wrong, that'd be most welcome. tnx!
> cheers,
> groente
> 
Hello

Just for a start, load the module with "debug=5" ([sudo] modprobe 
spca5xx debug=5). You will get a lot more debug info logged. May be, 
this shows you already something. And post the logs here.


Regards, Thomas


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