spca5xx driver problem

[Rod Haper]

Eric Tanguy wrote:
> Le samedi 09 juillet 2005 à 12:23 -0500, Rod Haper a écrit :
> 
>>Eric Tanguy wrote:
>>
>>>Le dimanche 03 juillet 2005 à 23:15 +0200, Eric Tanguy a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>>>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.
> 
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> 

Eric,

A couple more questions for clarification:

Does your boot dmesg log file show a "Linux video capture interface: 
v1.00" line?

I'm not clear from your previous posts whether or not you have gotten 
your webcam to work using the spca5xx driver after your system boots. 
I'm clear on the fact that you have some problem at boot time that hangs 
the boot process but does the webcam ever work after you have gotten the 
system booted?

Are you using a stock or custom-built kernel?

Does the spca5xx module load if you use "modprobe -v spca5xx" to install 
it?  Does "lsmod|grep spca5xx" show it loaded?

If you run dmesg manually, do you still not see anything about spca?

---
Rod