spca5xx driver problem

[Eric Tanguy]

Le samedi 09 juillet 2005 à 21:20 -0500, Rod Haper a écrit :
> 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.
> > 
> > --
> > Eric Tanguy | Nantes, France 
> > <eric.tanguy at univ-nantes.fr>
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> > 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.

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Eric Tanguy | Nantes, France 
<eric.tanguy at univ-nantes.fr>
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Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz) sur athlon kernel 2.6.12-1.1390_FC4