2.6.16-1.2080_FC5smp
gcc (GCC) 4.1.0 20060304 (Red Hat 4.1.0-3)
spca5xx-20060402

Spca5xx 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?

Just a wild guess here, based on the fact that your problem here is similar in behavior to the one that I had with a SCSI scanner and xsane: the hardware data connection (i.e. cable) between your camera and your computer is preventing your camera and computer from being able to communicate with each other. The typical fix for something like that is some kind of data signal termination device.

I have the same problem and I have others talking about it on the net but I do not have a fix.
I have also tried with kernel 2.6.16-2111 and 2.6.14.7 both with gcss 4.1


See following thread
http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-l.../msg03823.html

Solved adding:

DEFINES += -fno-unit-at-a-time

after the line:

DEFINES += -DVID_HARDWARE_SPCA5XX=0xFF -DSPCA5XX_VERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"

in the Makefile

It was worth a try, but it still crashes my machine. Which doesn't surprise me one bit.

Take out the -O2 in the Makefile. make clean, make, make install. Works for me now!