Re: gspca: Logitech QuickCam Messenger no go (was Re: Asus PG221 monitor camera sensor not recognised)

[Sid Boyce <sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> sorry for hijacking the thread, just a quick notice to say, that my 
> Logitech QuickCam Messenger webcam (USB_DEVICE(0x046d, 0x08da)) is not 
> working with recent kernels either, but, it used to work with out-of-tree 
> gspca, I think, gspcav1-20071224 did work (I might still be able to bring 
> up the machine with which I used it back then and even boot that kernel), 
> so, it shouldn't be very difficult to fix it again. I noticed, that that 
> older version used a different sensor with this camera, so, I tried 
> "force_sensor=tas5130cxx" with 2.6.28, but it didn't help either.
> 
> Notice, this is not very high priority for me, that's why I'm only 
> reporting it now, but it would be good to have it fixed some time...
> 
> Thanks
> Guennadi
> ---
> Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D.
> Freelance Open-Source Software Developer
> 
> 

I shall subscribe to linux-media. Earlier kernels said it found the
sensor, but it did not work. In order to provide a usbsnoop dump, I
would have to borrow a Windows box or try installing Windows in a
VirtualBox VM and doing it that way hopefully. At present I am having a
problem getting VirtualBox to start on this box, something is strange as
certain apps when started as root stall at futex(0x69db9c,
FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 1, NULL for VirtualBox and same type of problem with
qjackctl while they work as user. VirtualBox however now fails to start
as user with:-
 lancelot@tindog:~/ftp/Mar09/JAVA-SDR/Radio/Radio> VirtualBox
/usr/bin/VirtualBox: line 72: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox: Permission
denied
/usr/bin/VirtualBox: line 72: exec: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox:
cannot execute: Success
Looks like I shall have to do a fresh install as problem carried over
from a hard drive with bad blocks and a shutdown due to watercooling
failure.

Likewise it's not critical as I have a Logitech Pro 9000 that has always
worked with the uvcvideo driver.
Regards
Sid.
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