From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 2 14:32:07 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE84E1065716 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:32:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hselasky@c2i.net) Received: from swip.net (mailfe02.swip.net [212.247.154.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37EFE8FC14 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:32:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Cloudmark-Score: 0.000000 [] X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=lVe/gw8n+Sg6VfbntC6ksM24ozRLXC8p6LIuM5gXbf8= c=1 sm=1 a=Q9fys5e9bTEA:10 a=M8b_wTzEtboA:10 a=MnI1ikcADjEx7bvsp0jZvQ==:17 a=9afp_linm7giO8VhUHkA:9 a=yES-1_lopWcevUlrIWIA:7 a=P1PAgniOMi_DwtYdyFuwziMZGbEA:4 a=PUjeQqilurYA:10 a=MnI1ikcADjEx7bvsp0jZvQ==:117 Received: from [188.126.201.140] (account mc467741@c2i.net HELO laptop002.hselasky.homeunix.org) by mailfe02.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.19) with ESMTPA id 15735562; Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:31:49 +0200 From: Hans Petter Selasky To: David Naylor Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:27:57 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.1-STABLE; KDE/4.4.5; amd64; ; ) References: <201008292147.09750.naylor.b.david@gmail.com> <201009021108.55301.hselasky@c2i.net> <201009021243.17869.naylor.b.david@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201009021243.17869.naylor.b.david@gmail.com> X-Face: +~\`s("[*|O,="7?X@L.elg*F"OA\I/3%^p8g?ab%RN'(; _IjlA: hGE..Ew, XAQ*o#\/M~SC=S1-f9{EzRfT'|Hhll5Q]ha5Bt-s|oTlKMusi:1e[wJl}kd}GR Z0adGx-x_0zGbZj'e(Y[(UNle~)8CQWXW@:DX+9)_YlB[tIccCPN$7/L' MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201009021627.57894.hselasky@c2i.net> Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: webcamd and Pixart Imaging X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:32:07 -0000 On Thursday 02 September 2010 12:43:12 David Naylor wrote: > On Thursday 02 September 2010 11:08:55 Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > On Thursday 02 September 2010 10:57:52 David Naylor wrote: > > > On Wednesday 01 September 2010 09:19:55 Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > > > > Will it matter if my kernel is a bit old (about 3 months)? Are > > > > > there any (small) live linux distros that have good webcam support > > > > > (so that I can check if the cam works at all with gspca)? > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > Maybe you could check your webcam in Ubuntu? > > > > > > > > --HPS > > > > > > Just before I was about to check the webcam with Ubuntu I tried it on > > > another computer... and it worked. > > > > > > To make sure: I copied across the debug build of webcam and it worked > > > with that as well. It certainly is not the software on the webcamd > > > side. cuse4bsd is the same on both computers. Both systems are running > > > different custom kernels but contain the same usb devices (the same as > > > GENERIC). > > > > > > On the computer that works `pwcview -s vga` does not work. I expect > > > that to be a limitation of the device. > > > > > > On the other computer, I tried every USB port and none of them work. > > > The USB controllers are: > > > > > > ohci0@pci0:0:11:0: class=0x0c0310 card=0x50041458 chip=0x026d10de > > > rev=0xa3 hdr=0x00 > > > > > > vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' > > > device = 'MCP51 USB Controller' > > > class = serial bus > > > subclass = USB > > > > > > ehci0@pci0:0:11:1: class=0x0c0320 card=0x50041458 chip=0x026e10de > > > rev=0xa3 hdr=0x00 > > > > > > vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' > > > device = 'MCP51 USB Controller' > > > class = serial bus > > > subclass = USB > > > > > > The USB ports do work for umass, u3g and umodem devices. Will the > > > kernel version have an impact, should I upgrade to head? > > > > > > The webcam works with Ubuntu on both computers. > > > > There has been some updates in the kernel in the USB area (isochronous > > transfers), which might affect Webcam operation. > > I've updated the kernel, cuse4bsd (0.1.13) and webcamd (0.1.15). Still no > luck. Do one of the PC's have an internal USB HUB perhaps? --HPS