Hi Calad,

On Sunday 19 August 2007, Calad Sigilon wrote:
> Out of the blue, perhaps with a kernel update, the driver stopped working
> in Kopete, mplayer, and xawtv.

*perhaps* with a kernel update ? That's the kind of crucial information needed 
to find out what happen :-) Please check if your kernel has been updated, and 
if so, please report the original version and the current version.

> Kopete and mplayer show a green screen.  
> Xawtv just shows a black screen.  Luvcview has never worked for it, and
> still doesn't. I'm at a total loss of what to suggest... a whole bunch of
> output is below:
>
> lsusb -v -d 0c45:62c0:
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia
[snip]

>
> luvcview:
> luvcview version 0.2.1
> Video driver: x11
> A window manager is available
> video /dev/video0
> Unable to set format: 22.
>  Init v4L2 failed !! exit fatal

Your webcam doesn't support MJPEG, which luvcview defaults to. Try luvcview -f 
yuv.

> xawtv:
> This is xawtv-3.95, running on Linux/x86_64 ( 2.6.22-gentoo-r2)
> WARNING: Your X-Server has no DGA support.
> /dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support
> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
> Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*"
> to type FontStruct
> ioctl: VIDIOC_G_STD(std=0x2b34702f2d0d
> [PAL_B,PAL_G,PAL_H,PAL_M,PAL_Nc,PAL_60,NTSC_M_JP,SECAM_B,SECAM_D,SECAM_G,SE
>CAM_H,SECAM_K1,(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null
>),(null)]): Invalid argument
> ioctl: VIDIOC_S_STD(std=0x0 []): Invalid argument
> ioctl: VIDIOC_DQBUF(index=0;type=VIDEO_CAPTURE;bytesused=0;flags=0x0
> [];field=ANY;;timecode.type=0;timecode.flags=0;timecode.frames=0;timecode.s
>econds=0;timecode.minutes=0;timecode.hours=0;timecode.userbits="";sequence=0
>;memory=unknown): Invalid argument

Has xawtv ever worked ? It requires a patch.

> mplayer:
> MPlayer dev-SVN-rUNKNOWN-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
> CPU: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2  (Family: 15, Model: 72, Stepping: 2)
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
> mplayer: could not connect to socket
> mplayer: No such file or directory
> Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
> control.
>
> Playing tv://.
> TV file format detected.
> Selected driver: dummy
>  name: NULL-TV
>  author: alex
>  comment:
> Selected input hasn't got a tuner!
> ==========================================================================
> Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video
> VDec: vo config request - 320 x 200 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
> VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
> Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
> VO: [xv] 320x200 => 320x200 Planar YV12
> Selected video codec: [rawyv12] vfm: raw (RAW YV12)
> ==========================================================================
> Audio: no sound
> Starting playback...
> V:   1.0 533/533 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0
>
> <<hangs, needs -9.>>
> MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: flip_page
>
> /var/log/messages:
> Aug 19 00:56:47 SYSTEM uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 Camera
> (0c45:62c0)
> Aug 19 00:56:47 SYSTEM usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
> Aug 19 00:56:47 SYSTEM USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)

Do you get more messages in the kernel log after running all of the above 
programs ?

Best regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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