I have been messing with my phillips webcam and have gotten most of the way toward getting it to be seen by Kubuntu 8.4.01:
Code:
tom@fledgling:~$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 152d:2338 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0471:0329 Philips
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
tom@fledgling:~$
Code:
tom@fledgling:~$ setpwc -p
setpwc v1.2, (C) 2003-2006 by folkert@vanheusden.com
Current device: Philips SPC 900NC webcam
VIDIOCPWCPROBE returns: Philips SPC 900NC webcam - 740
Serial number: 01690000A7180413
Resolution (x, y): 320, 240
Offset: 0, 0
Framerate: 10
Brightness: 32256
Hue: 65535
Colour: 32768
Contrast: 31744
Whiteness: 30720
Palette: YUV 4:2:0 Planar
Compression preference: 1
Automatic gain control: -2093
Whitebalance mode: auto
Blinking of LED is not supported by the combination
of your webcam and the driver.
Sharpness: -1
Backlight compensation mode: off
Anti-flicker mode: off
Noise reduction mode: 1
Pan/tilt range is not supported by the combination
of your webcam and the driver.
Get pan/tilt position is not supported by the combination
of your webcam and the driver.
tom@fledgling:~$
But when i run cheese - kdetv - gqcam - or any other webcam app - the led comes on the camera, and the software displays a blank image - any attempt at accessing the software results in a hang.
CL apps give:
Code:
v4l2: oops: select timeout
This is the only real clue i have gotten - but have no idea where to set the timeout...
Thanks in advance (adThanksvance) for any and all help.
web cam is seen, but hangs software
