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musv
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 Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:00 pm Post subject: Webcam Vimicro zc0305b only shows a black screen |
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Hi,
today I got a webcam. On the box there's only the name "Digital Product - PC Camera". So I didn't know, what was inside of the camera.
And I'm nearly despairing, because that f***ing thing don't want to show me any lousy picture.
Ok, now the facts:
lshw told me:
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*-usb UNCLAIMED
description: Generic USB device
product: PC Camera
vendor: Vimicro Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:1
version: 1.00
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: maxpower=160mA speed=12.0MB/s
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udevinfo:
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udevinfo
KERNEL=="1-1"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb"
DRIVER=="usb"
ATTR{configuration}==""
ATTR{product}=="PC Camera"
ATTR{manufacturer}=="Vimicro Corp."
ATTR{maxchild}=="0"
ATTR{version}==" 1.10"
ATTR{devnum}=="3"
ATTR{speed}=="12"
ATTR{bMaxPacketSize0}=="8"
ATTR{bNumConfigurations}=="1"
ATTR{bDeviceProtocol}=="00"
ATTR{bDeviceSubClass}=="00"
ATTR{bDeviceClass}=="ff"
ATTR{bcdDevice}=="0100"
ATTR{idProduct}=="305b"
ATTR{idVendor}=="0ac8"
ATTR{bMaxPower}=="160mA"
ATTR{bmAttributes}=="80"
ATTR{bConfigurationValue}=="1"
ATTR{bNumInterfaces}==" 1"
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lsusb
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Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0ac8:305b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.
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mplayer with gspcav1-driver:
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Selected device: Generic Zc0305b
Capabilites: capture
Device type: 1
Supported sizes: 176x144 => 640x480
Inputs: 1
0: ZC301-2: (tuner:0, norm:pal)
Using input 'ZC301-2'
Selected input hasn't got a tuner!
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dmesg with gspcav1-driver:
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/var/tmp/portage/media-video/gspcav1-20060925/work/gspcav1-20060925/gspca_core.c: USB SPCA5XX camera found.(ZC3XX)
/var/tmp/portage/media-video/gspcav1-20060925/work/gspcav1-20060925/gspca_core.c: [spca5xx_probe:3885] Camera type JPEG
/var/tmp/portage/media-video/gspcav1-20060925/work/gspcav1-20060925/Vimicro/zc3xx.h: [zc3xx_config:515] Sensor ID:7
/var/tmp/portage/media-video/gspcav1-20060925/work/gspcav1-20060925/Vimicro/zc3xx.h: [zc3xx_config:525] Find Sensor UNKNOW_0 force Tas5130
/var/tmp/portage/media-video/gspcav1-20060925/work/gspcav1-20060925/gspca_core.c: [spca5xx_getcapability:1163] maxw 640 maxh 480 minw 176 minh 144
usbcore: registered new driver gspca
/var/tmp/portage/media-video/gspcav1-20060925/work/gspcav1-20060925/gspca_core.c: gspca driver 01.00.04 registered
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dmesg with spca5xx-driver:
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/var/tmp/portage/media-video/spca5xx-20060501-r1/work/spca5xx-20060501/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: driver spca5xx deregistered
/var/tmp/portage/media-video/spca5xx-20060501-r1/work/spca5xx-20060501/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: USB SPCA5XX camera found. Type Vimicro Zc305B 0x305b
/var/tmp/portage/media-video/spca5xx-20060501-r1/work/spca5xx-20060501/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: [spca5xx_probe:5480] Camera type JPEG
/var/tmp/portage/media-video/spca5xx-20060501-r1/work/spca5xx-20060501/drivers/usb/zc3xx.h: [zc3xx_config:487] Find Sensor UNKNOW_0 force Tas5130
/var/tmp/portage/media-video/spca5xx-20060501-r1/work/spca5xx-20060501/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: [spca5xx_getcapability:1765] maxw 640 maxh 480 minw 176 minh 144
usbcore: registered new driver spca5xx
/var/tmp/portage/media-video/spca5xx-20060501-r1/work/spca5xx-20060501/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: spca5xx driver 00.60.00 registered
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My Computer:
- Laptop Dell C610
- Kernel Gentoo-sources-2.6.18
The support for video4linux is activated in the kernel. So videodev and v4l2-common is available and compiled in.
First I searched Google for Z-Star Vimicro and found the driver package spca5xx. I tried to install but it didn't compile. On https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149161 I stumbled to the gspcav1 driver. Maybe the successor of the spca5xx package. So I installed the gspcav1 driver, loaded it and got my /dev/video0. But when I startet mplayer (mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l:width=352:height=288:device=/dev/video0) I got only a black screen.
I searched more and found the hint to load the module with usbgrabber=1. Ok, rmmod gspcav1, modprobe gspcav1 usbgrabber=1. No difference. Only a black picture. I tried the camera also with spcaview and amsn. Again no pics.
Ok, maybe it's the wrong driver. I recompiled the kernel with every usb-webcam driver I found in the kernel. After rebooting I loaded every driver (modprobe ***, ls /dev/video0, rmmod ***,... next driver). But gspca was the only module where I got the /dev/video0 device.
Then I found after more searching a patch for using spca5xx driver with kernel 2.6.18. I used the modified ebuild (https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146124), compiled the spca5xx driver package, deinstalled the gspca driver and loaded the spca5xx driver. Again it loaded fine, but after using mplayer my notebook froze. Reset button, reboot and a new trial - same result.
Ok, again I searched my best friend (google) and found out, it's not really a good idea to use the spca5xx driver with 4kb kernel stacks. I recompiled the kernel the 8 kb kernel stacks, recompiled the spca5xx module, rebooted the machine. And again I got only a black picture. In several trials the computer froze again but no reproduceable everytime. I also tried load the module with modprobe spca5xx usbgrabber=1. Also no success.
On this list: http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/embedded/ArmEP9302/Spca5xx-light-Edition.txt my cam is shown:
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{USB_DEVICE (0x0ac8, 0x305b)}, /* Z-star Vimicro zc0305b */
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To get sure the webcam is working correctly I installed it on a friend's computer in WindowsXP. No problem there. The cam worked perfectly.
So what did I forget to try? Or is there no chance to get the Z-Star Vimicro zc 0305b working in Linux? |
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musv
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Additional information:
On http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html there's a list with supported chipsets. For z-star they have a link to http://zc0302.sourceforge.net/zc0302.php
But this project seems to be dead. Download the newest version from cvs is not possible
([login aborted]: connect to cvs.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.207):2401 failed: No route to host)
I downloaded the last beta version. But compiling fails with a lot of errors. |
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lenk
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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I have exactly the same problem. spca5xx hardlocks my system and gspca gives black screen with spcaview. My camera is the logitech communicate STX.
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lenk
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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This is weird. I used a different usb port and now it works with gspca.
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musv
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm, on my notebook I have only one USB-port. Bad luck....  Maybe the first port was only USB1 and the second one USB2 or viceversa.
Michel Xhaard wrote me an email that in the next driver release my cam will be supported. So I'm waiting and hoping. |
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POLTER
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:25 am Post subject: |
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musv, did you found the solution?
I have a problem with similar webcam. |
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musv
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes with the update of gspcav1 from january or february 2007 the driver worked with that camera. Michel included the support. |
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