MSI StarCam 370i: The right way?

MSI StarCam 370i: The right way?

[Dotan Cohen]

I have just installed a new Kubuntu 9.10 install with the
2.6.31-14-generic (stock) kernel. I need to get an MSI StarCam i370
working on this machine. The lsusb command shows the device as such:
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0c45:60fc Microdia PC Camera with Mic (SN9C105)

Without having configured anything, Ekiga 3.2.5 and Skype 2.1.0.47
shows do not show any video, Cheese shows coloured bars, Camorama
complains that there is no video at dev/video0, and Kopete locks up
when I try to show video in the configuration menu.

I have tried many different methods of troubleshooting and installed
many different packages in the past (on different distros), with
varying levels of success but nothing satisfactory. Please tell me,
what is the "right way" to go from here? What do I need to check /
install? Thanks!

-- 
Dotan Cohen

http://what-is-what.com
http://gibberish.co.il

Re: MSI StarCam 370i: The right way?

[Jean-Francois Moine]

On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:35:28 +0200
Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have just installed a new Kubuntu 9.10 install with the
> 2.6.31-14-generic (stock) kernel. I need to get an MSI StarCam i370
> working on this machine. The lsusb command shows the device as such:
> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0c45:60fc Microdia PC Camera with Mic (SN9C105)
	[snip]

Hello Dotan,

In the kernel you have (2.6.31) two drivers may try to handle your
webcam: gspca_sonixj and sn9c102. If both are generated, the active
driver changes at each webcam unplug/replug (you may know which driver
is active looking at the last lines of 'dmesg').

If the driver gspca_sonixj does not work, you may try its last version
from LinuxTv.org (many bugs have been found since kernel 2.6.31).

Cheers.

-- 
Ken ar c'hentañ	|	      ** Breizh ha Linux atav! **
Jef		|		http://moinejf.free.fr/

Re: MSI StarCam 370i: The right way?

[Dotan Cohen]

> In the kernel you have (2.6.31) two drivers may try to handle your
> webcam: gspca_sonixj and sn9c102. If both are generated, the active
> driver changes at each webcam unplug/replug (you may know which driver
> is active looking at the last lines of 'dmesg').
>
> If the driver gspca_sonixj does not work, you may try its last version
> from LinuxTv.org (many bugs have been found since kernel 2.6.31).
>

Thank you Jean-Francois. Is unplug/replug the only way to switch
drivers? Apparently neither driver works, where is a good place to get
the snc102 driver to try as well? Googling "snc102 linux driver" did
not lead me to any place to download it.

Thanks!


-- 
Dotan Cohen

http://what-is-what.com
http://gibberish.co.il

Re: MSI StarCam 370i: The right way?

[Jean-Francois Moine]

On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:39:40 +0200
Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:

> > If the driver gspca_sonixj does not work, you may try its last
> > version from LinuxTv.org (many bugs have been found since kernel
> > 2.6.31).
> >
> 
> Thank you Jean-Francois. Is unplug/replug the only way to switch
> drivers? Apparently neither driver works, where is a good place to get
> the snc102 driver to try as well? Googling "snc102 linux driver" did
> not lead me to any place to download it.

I don't think anybody still works on the sn9c102 driver. As told above,
you should get the last gspca_sonixj driver from LinuxTv.org. Please,
read the gspca_README.txt of my home page (see below).

Regards.

-- 
Ken ar c'hentañ	|	      ** Breizh ha Linux atav! **
Jef		|		http://moinejf.free.fr/