On Friday 29 February 2008 10:54:30 Jan Vornberger wrote: > Package: gspca-source > Version: 01.00.20-1 > Severity: normal > > I have a 'Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX' and use the gspca module to > operate it. The cam works fine in applications like Camorama, amsn and > Ekiga. I have noticed though, that if I use the cam with a flash-based > application on a website (using flashplugin-nonfree) the cam does work, > but shows a much narrower field of view. I have made two screenshots to > illustrate the problem: > > http://www.jan.vornberger.net/sonstiges/gspca/screenshot.camorama.png > http://www.jan.vornberger.net/sonstiges/gspca/screenshot.flash.png > > The first screenshot shows Camorama, the second one shows a flash applet > from this website: > > http://www.unitzeroone.com/old/eightball/motionDetection/ > > These messages appear in the output of dmesg when I use the cam: > > Linux video capture interface: v2.00 > > /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/gspca_core.c: > USB GSPCA camera found.(ZC3XX) > > /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/gspca_core.c: > [spca5xx_probe:4098] Camera type JPEG > > /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/Vimicro/zc3xx.h: > [zc3xx_config:515] Sensor ID:12 > > /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/Vimicro/zc3xx.h: > [zc3xx_config:597] Find Sensor HV7131R(c) > > /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/gspca_core.c: > [spca5xx_getcapability:1215] maxw 640 maxh 480 minw 176 minh 144 > usbcore: registered new interface driver gspca > > /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/gspca_core.c: > gspca driver 2.6.22 registered > usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio > > /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/gspca_core.c: > [spca5xx_set_light_freq:1889] Sensor currently not support light frequency > banding filters. > > /home/user/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/build/build_i386_none_686_gspca/gspca_core.c: > [gspca_set_isoc_ep:903] ISO EndPoint found 0x81 AlternateSet 7 > > I'm not sure if this is really a bug or rather a 'feature' of flash. I > could not find any cam related settings in the flash plugin settings > menu. I would consider it a bug/problem, because the very narrow field > of view makes the cam pretty much useless. But feel free to reduce the > severity of this bug report or inform me why this is not a bug.
I simply have no idea about the problem at hand, sorry. Flash sucks, and is not present on any of my systems, nor am I intimately familiar with the inner workings of the gspca webcam driver, despite making it available for others in form of debian package. > > On a related note: I wanted to try out the latest version of the driver > so I used gspca-source to build my own module. When I install this > module I get the following message: > > dpkg - warning: downgrading gspca-modules-2.6.22-3-686 from > 2.6.22+01.00.18-9 to 01.00.20-1+2.6.22-6.lenny1. > > dpkg thinks that the freshly build module is older than the one provided > in the Debian package archive, where in fact it is not. Should I file a > seperate bug for this? IIRC, this was once discussed with the maintainer of the linux-modules-extra stuff, but I can't recall what was said. It would be worth asking the maintainers of the conglomerate module packages why this is so. Thanks, Kel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
