*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 260918 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260918
I guess, the duplicate status of this bug is wrong. It starts with a report, that /dev/videoX is not created when plugging a "gspca"-webcam. This is also my problem, running Ubuntu 8.10 with a 2.6.27-8-generic kernel and an "Aiptek Minicam", which is recognized as a "Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd SPCA504a Digital Camera". (The other comments complain about problems with some applications, but most of the reporters HAD a /dev/video on their machine!) Reffering to the drivers, I had no problems in hardy and earlier versions of Ubuntu using the "gspca" module. The /dev/video0 file was created and I could use the device with "ekiga" and lately "cheese". So me and the reporter of the initial bugreport have a problem with the driver (gspca_XXX), not with a library (libv4l) as in #260918. Some further informations about my webcam/camera: lsusb: Bus 004 Device 012: ID 04fc:504a Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd SPCA504a Digital Camera If I connect it, this message is written in /var/log/messages: Nov 24 23:53:35 blah kernel: [43443.744506] usb 4-2: USB disconnect, address 3 Nov 24 23:53:35 blah kernel: [43443.744521] usb 4-2.3: USB disconnect, address 6 Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.244108] usb 4-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10 Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.420161] usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.423105] hub 4-2:1.0: USB hub found Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.424663] hub 4-2:1.0: 4 ports detected Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.720330] usb 4-2.3: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11 Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.871781] usb 4-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43444.998349] usb 4-2.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 12 Nov 24 23:53:36 blah kernel: [43445.098144] usb 4-2.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Nov 24 23:53:37 blah kernel: [43445.689154] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 Nov 24 23:53:37 blah kernel: [43445.710079] gspca: main v2.2.0 registered Nov 24 23:53:37 blah kernel: [43445.717058] gspca: probing 04fc:504a Nov 24 23:53:39 blah kernel: [43447.890638] gspca: probe ok Nov 24 23:53:39 blah kernel: [43447.891372] gspca: probing 04fc:504a Nov 24 23:53:39 blah kernel: [43447.893127] usbcore: registered new interface driver sunplus Nov 24 23:53:39 blah kernel: [43447.893682] sunplus: registered Nov 24 23:53:40 blah kernel: [43448.476749] gspca: disconnect complete Ubuntu uses the "gspca_sunplus" driver with my device. "gspca_main" and "videodev" is also loaded. An icon is also placed on the desktop - I guess it's for the photo- and not for the webcam-function. ;) Interesting detail: I've got the "Platten einbinden"-applet (I don't know, how it is originally called. It is for mounting and unmounting devices, I guess it's called the "drivemount-applet") and the Aiptek-Cam is ALWAYS shown TWICE, with one of them mounted and the other unmounted. If I try to mount the unmounted twin, the applet crashes and must be reloaded. Maybe this all has something to do with the strange message "gspca: disconnect complete" or with the uncreated /dev/video0 device...? -- GSPCA webcam no longer working: no /dev/video0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255678 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs