(really old thread... ). I pulled the code today, and I want to to tel "yay"! Kopete works out of the box, skype needed it's regular hacks, so what.
The system is Fedora11, 64bit. Once again, if it's not clear: huge thanks. Great job. On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:44 PM, GWater <[email protected]> wrote: > Please pull the latest developments and read the new section on libv4l in > the README.(The patch I sent is uploaded together with some other stuff.) > > GWater > > > Diego Iastrubni schrieb: > >> Hi, See comments inline >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:58 PM, GWater <[email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Answers inside. >> >> Diego Iastrubni schrieb: >> >> 3 questions now: >> >> 1. What can I do now to get my cam working? >> >> There are two reasons for this. Look into the README about libv4l >> and apply the attached patch. It fixes a too low default exposure >> setting. >> >> >> I applied the attached patch to "development". Skype shows black, Kopete >> crashes and in /var/log/messages I see: >> >> Nov 12 22:35:20 pinky logger: ---------- >> Nov 12 22:35:20 pinky kernel: microdia: Microdia USB 2.0 webcam driver >> loaded >> Nov 12 22:35:20 pinky kernel: microdia: Microdia USB 2.0 Webcam - >> 0C45:627F plugged-in. >> Nov 12 22:35:20 pinky kernel: microdia: Detected SN9C20X Bridge >> Nov 12 22:35:21 pinky kernel: microdia: Detected sensor: OV9650 >> Nov 12 22:35:21 pinky kernel: microdia: Microdia USB 2.0 Webcam is now >> controlling video device /dev/video0 >> Nov 12 22:35:21 pinky kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver >> usb_microdia_driver >> Nov 12 22:35:21 pinky kernel: microdia: v2008.10 : Microdia USB 2.0 Webcam >> Driver >> Nov 12 22:35:24 pinky kernel: microdia: Freeing 0 v4l2 buffers >> Nov 12 22:36:37 pinky last message repeated 2 times >> Nov 12 22:36:37 pinky kernel: microdia: Buffers Allocated 2 >> Nov 12 22:36:37 pinky kernel: microdia: Found Endpoint 0x1 >> Nov 12 22:36:37 pinky kernel: microdia: Frame Resolution: 320x240 >> Nov 12 22:36:37 pinky kernel: microdia: Frame Size: 76800 >> Nov 12 22:36:37 pinky kernel: microdia: Frame Resolution: 320x240 >> Nov 12 22:36:37 pinky kernel: microdia: Frame Size: 76800 >> Nov 12 22:36:37 pinky kernel: microdia: Frame Resolution: 320x240 >> Nov 12 22:36:37 pinky kernel: microdia: Frame Size: 76800 >> Nov 12 22:36:40 pinky kernel: microdia: Freeing 2 v4l2 buffers >> >> >> 3. Why there is no documentation? About this specific driver, or >> about mainline kernel merging? >> >> Check out the pages section of our googlegroup. There is quite some >> documentation(maybe not so much up2date but nevertheless). And I tried >> to keep the README up2date as well. >> >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/microdia/web >> >> I did read it, and some pages mentioned my webcam, some did not. The >> README does mention my can as supported. >> This needs improvement. >> >> >> You see, gmail has now video support and I want to use that :) >> >> http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/say-hello-to-gmail-voice-and-video-chat.html >> >> Sounds col - I'll check that out, too. ;) >> >> No linux support yet... crap :( >> >> >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Lets make microdia webcams plug'n play, (currently plug'n pray) To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Visit us online https://groups.google.com/group/microdia -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
