Le samedi 09 juillet 2005 �1:20 -0500, Rod Haper a �it : > Eric Tanguy wrote: > > Le samedi 09 juillet 2005 �2:23 -0500, Rod Haper a �it : > > > >>Eric Tanguy wrote: > >> > >>>Le dimanche 03 juillet 2005 �3:15 +0200, Eric Tanguy a �it : > >>> > >>> > >>>>I try to use spca5xx driver for my usb creative NX webcam. All seems > >>>>fine except that the system hangs at boot up if the webcam is plugged > >>>>in. When the system hangs if i unplugged the webcam the system continue > >>>>the boot process. Someone has an idea to solve this problem ? > >>>>Thanks > >>>> > >>> > >>>No one use this very usefull driver ? > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>Yes, I use the spca5xx driver module. I've used it for my Ezonics > >>EZ-306 USB webcam with FC2 and now with FC4. I'm currently running the > >>stock 2.6.12-1.1390_FC4 i686 kernel on a Gigabyte GA-7VT600-L > >>motherboard with an AMD XP 2600+ processor using the spca5xx-20050601 > >>loadable module driver. It works fine with GnomeMeeting and does not > >>cause any boot problems with the webcam plugged in at boot time. I > >>assume you have done a fresh rebuild and reinstall of the spca5xx > >>module? Tony Nelson's suggestion to check your boot dmesg log file to > >>see when the spca5xx module is loaded is a good idea. The spca5xx > >>module is the last module loaded on my system. Make sure it is loading > >>after your USB drivers. > > > > > > I see nothing about spca5xx driver in dmesg. How this module is > > launched ? How to make it started as the last one ? I found nothing > > in /etc/modprobe.conf and nothing in /etc/rc6.d/. This driver doesn't > > seem to be launched as service. > > > > -- > > Eric Tanguy | Nantes, France > > <eric.tanguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Key : A4B8368F | Key Server : subkeys.pgp.net > > Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz) sur athlon kernel 2.6.12-1.1390_FC4 > > > > > > Does "lsmod" show the spca5xx module to be loaded? When you rebuilt the > spca5xx module did you do a "make install" as root? That should have > installed a copy of spca5xx.ko in > /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/kernel/drivers/usb/media/ and run depmod > to update your modules.dep, modules.alias and modules.usbmap files. The > kernel should automatically load the spca5xx module. Try a fresh > rebuild and reinstall of the spca5xx module as root - make clean; make; > make install - and watch to see if there are any errors. If all went > well, try running GnomeMeeting and check the Preferences->Video Devices > option to see if Input devices is correct for your webcam. If not, > click the Detect Devices button. "lsmod|grep spca5xx" should show the > spca5xx module loaded and that the videodev module is using it. If this > is not the case, then maybe there is something wrong with your webcam or > USB controller. I just follow the instructions in the INSTALL file and > all works well. I hope this helps get your problem solved. > The driver works fine if i plug in my webcam after the boot process and login. The problem is the system hangs during boot if the webcam is plugged in so i think also that the driver is loaded too early but i can't see how to load it later. -- Eric Tanguy | Nantes, France <eric.tanguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Key : A4B8368F | Key Server : subkeys.pgp.net Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz) sur athlon kernel 2.6.12-1.1390_FC4
