I emailed the developer again yesterday, and he told me that he believes the problem to be gcc-4.1 in FC5 (and not its kernel). That at least makes more sense than blaming the kernel, when the problem also existed with an official kernel.org kernel too. On 4/17/06, Eric Tanguy <eric.tanguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Le dimanche 16 avril 2006 à 10:18 -0700, Lonni J Friedman a écrit : > > On 4/16/06, tiger <no-reply-gw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 2.6.16-1.2080_FC5smp > > > gcc (GCC) 4.1.0 20060304 (Red Hat 4.1.0-3) > > > spca5xx-20060402 > > > > > > Compiles and installs fine. Modprobe spca5xx works fine. Here's the /var/log/messages output of doing a "modprobe spca5xx": > > > > > > Apr 16 12:18:39 electron kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 > > > Apr 16 12:18:39 electron kernel: usbcore: registered new driver spca5xx > > > Apr 16 12:18:39 electron kernel: /root/spca5xx-20060402/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: spca5xx driver 00.57.11 registered > > > > > > Next, I plug in the camera, and /var/log/messages gives: > > > > > > > > > Apr 16 12:20:33 electron kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 > > > Apr 16 12:20:33 electron kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > > > Apr 16 12:20:33 electron kernel: hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found > > > Apr 16 12:20:33 electron kernel: hub 1-2:1.0: 4 ports detected > > > Apr 16 12:20:34 electron kernel: usb 1-2.4: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5 > > > Apr 16 12:20:34 electron kernel: usb 1-2.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > > > Apr 16 12:20:34 electron kernel: /root/spca5xx-20060402/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: USB SPCA5XX camera found. Type Creative Live! Zc301+Tas5130c > > > Apr 16 12:20:34 electron kernel: /root/spca5xx-20060402/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: [spca5xx_probe:8301] Camera type JPEG > > > Apr 16 12:20:35 electron kernel: /root/spca5xx-20060402/drivers/usb/zc3xx.h: [zc3xx_config:530] Find Sensor HV7131R(c) > > > Apr 16 12:20:35 electron kernel: /root/spca5xx-20060402/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: [spca5xx_getcapability:2198] maxw 640 maxh 480 minw 176 minh 144 > > > > > > But when I run spcaview, it freezes the machine. For obvious reasons I can't cut-n-paste the screen output. Any ideas? > > > > Same problem here with FC5 & spca5xx on a Biostar motherboard. I had > > a serial console setup, and saw some crazy kernel Oops everytime. I > > emailed the spca5xx maintainer and he blew me off initially stating > > that he only supports official kernel.org kernels. So I built an > > official 2.6.16.1 kernel, and saw the same exact Oops all over again > > (plus on my system it just spontaneously reboots, instead of hanging). > > Now the maintainer is just ignoring my emails, which leads me to > > believe that he doesn't know how to fix the problem. *sigh* > > > > > Same problem here with FC5 and spca5xx on a asus (nvidia) motherboard. I > sent an email to Michel Xhaard few weeks before and he answered me this > problem seems fc5 specific because fc5 seems very buggy at least with > its specific kernel! > Since i obtain no answer and no solution to our problem. > Eric -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
