On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:41:47 +0200, Raven wrote: > On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 22:43 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 08:46:33 +0200, Raven wrote: > > > Hi all. I recently upgraded my desktop box to a more powerful hardware > > > configuration. Before the upgrade (and the re-install of debian > > > unstable) I was running a vanilla kernel, but now I switched to the one > > > from the repositories, "2.6.29-2-amd64". > > > > > > I plugged in a 3com HomeConnect USB webcam and the "vicam" module was > > > loaded successfully. Unfortunately when I try to grab video from it I > > > get syslog entries complaining about a missing firmware file: > > > > > > [65770.532020] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and > > > address 2 > > > [65770.701070] usb 4-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04c1, > > > idProduct=009d > > > [65770.701073] usb 4-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, > > > SerialNumber=3 > > > [65770.701075] usb 4-1: Product: 3Com HomeConnect USB Camera > > > [65770.701076] usb 4-1: Manufacturer: 3Com > > > [65770.701077] usb 4-1: SerialNumber: 23G6BB59D5TM > > > [65770.701146] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > > > [65770.817811] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 > > > [65770.829649] ViCam based webcam connected > > > [65770.829691] ViCam webcam driver now controlling video device 0 > > > [65770.829703] usbcore: registered new interface driver vicam > > > [66185.544395] usb 4-1: firmware: requesting vicam/firmware.fw > > > [66185.560383] Failed to load "vicam/firmware.fw": -2 > > > > [...] > > > > The firmware seems to have been removed from the Debian kernel. You can > > download the firmware blob from git.kernel.org > > > > wget -O firmware.fw > > "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware-from-kernel.git;a=blob_plain;f=vicam/firmware.fw;hb=HEAD"; > > > > and try if copying it to > > > > /lib/firmware/vicam/firmware.fw > > > > makes the firmware available to the driver. > > > > Unfortunately that didn't help. I am still getting errors regarding the > firmware file > > [53795.620355] usb 4-1: firmware: requesting vicam/firmware.fw > [53795.649213] usb 4-1: Firmware "vicam/firmware.fw" not valid IHEX > records > [53795.649218] Failed to load "vicam/firmware.fw": -22 > > Any other suggestions?
I have the impression that the web interface of git.kernel.org may have a problem with serving binary files. Try to obtain the firmware using git; in my case this yields a different firmware.fw file. (I cannot test any of the files, though.) To get the firmwware file with git, you need the "git-core" package. Then you can cd to a convenient working directory - you will need about 2.8 MB of disk space - and do this (as your normal user): git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware-from-kernel.git If that command is successful then you will find the firmware at ./linux-firmware-from-kernel/vicam/firmware.fw Copy this file to /lib/firmware/vicam/firmware.fw and try to load the vicam kernel module again. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
