From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp3-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.3]:45158 "EHLO smtp3-g21.free.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753928AbZH3SnW (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:43:22 -0400 Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:43:15 +0200 From: Jean-Francois Moine To: Dotan Cohen Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Using MSI StarCam 370i Webcam with Kubuntu Linux Message-ID: <20090830204315.515e98af@tele> In-Reply-To: <880dece00908281140r16385c1fr476b18f2fcfe3c1b@mail.gmail.com> References: <880dece00908281140r16385c1fr476b18f2fcfe3c1b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:40:38 +0300 Dotan Cohen wrote: > I have the MSI StarCam 370i Webcam and I have trying to use it with > Kubuntu Linux 9.04 Jaunty. According to this page, "The StarCam 370i > is compliant with UVC, USB video class": > http://gadgets.softpedia.com/gadgets/Computer-Peripherals/The-MSI-StarCam-370i-3105.html > > According to the Linux UVC driver and tools download page, "Linux > 2.6.26 and newer includes the Linux UVC driver natively" which is nice > as I am on a higher version: > $ uname -r > 2.6.28-15-generic > > However, plugging in the webcam and testing with camorama, cheese, and > luvcview led me to no results: [snip] > jaunty2@laptop:~$ dmesg | tail > [ 2777.811972] sn9c102: V4L2 driver for SN9C1xx PC Camera Controllers > v1:1.47pre49 > [ 2777.814989] usb 2-1: SN9C105 PC Camera Controller detected (vid:pid > 0x0C45:0x60FC) > [ 2777.842123] usb 2-1: HV7131R image sensor detected > [ 2778.185108] usb 2-1: Initialization succeeded > [ 2778.185220] usb 2-1: V4L2 device registered as /dev/video0 > [ 2778.185225] usb 2-1: Optional device control through 'sysfs' > interface disabled > [ 2778.185283] usbcore: registered new interface driver sn9c102 > [ 2778.216691] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio > [ 2778.218738] usbcore: registered new interface driver sonixj > [ 2778.218745] sonixj: registered [snip] > Anything missing? What should I do? Thanks in advance! Hello Dotan, Your webcam is not UVC compliant. One problem may be the fact that it is handled by 2 drivers: sn9c102 and gspca/sonixj. In both cases, the driver gives JPEG images. These ones are not handled natively by some applications as luvcview which knows only about MJPG. You have to use the wrapper of the v4l2 library to make them work. Regards. -- Ken ar c'hentań | ** Breizh ha Linux atav! ** Jef | http://moinejf.free.fr/