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Re: [pwc] PCVC690K and fedora core 4

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Subject: Re: [pwc] PCVC690K and fedora core 4
From: Nils Gollub <>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:14:47 +0200 (CEST)
Hi Luc,

thanks for your answer!

This is what happens when I use the pwc.ko which comes with fedora core 4:

(extraction from /var/log/messages)
Jun 15 15:55:32 130-238-67-39 kernel: pwc Philips webcam module version 9.0.2-unofficial loaded. Jun 15 15:55:32 130-238-67-39 kernel: pwc Supports Philips PCA645/646, PCVC675/680/690, PCVC720[40]/730/740/750 & PCVC830/840. Jun 15 15:55:32 130-238-67-39 kernel: pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30, Jun 15 15:55:32 130-238-67-39 kernel: pwc the Creative WebCam 5 & Pro Ex, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100.Jun 15 15:55:32 130-238-67-39 kernel: pwc Philips PCVC690K (Vesta Pro Scan) USB webcam detected.
Jun 15 15:55:33 130-238-67-39 kernel: pwc Registered as /dev/video0.
Jun 15 15:55:33 130-238-67-39 kernel: usbcore: registered new driver Philips webcam Jun 15 15:55:58 130-238-67-39 kernel: pwc Failed to allocate decompress table.

I.e. I get the error message in the last line. The webcam is not identified correctly and if I want to use for example fswebcam to test the camera, I get:
$ fswebcam
Error opening /dev/video0.
open: Cannot allocate memory


When using the pwc.ko which I compile myself after changing the one line in the code (see first email I sent), then everything works fine! I still don't get any picture in gnomemeeting, but since the other tools can access the webcam, I think the problem must be with gnomemeeting....

Cheers, Nils.



On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 04:23:43PM +0200, Nils Gollub wrote:
Hi,

I am trying to use my PCVC690K webcam (which works fine under RHEL3 and
the old pwcx module) on my laptop which has fedora core 4 installed.

I downloaded the pwc-10.0.4.tar.bz2 and tried to compile it but got the
error:

Why do you take this version, and not the latest as you do with the last
fedora ?

Luc
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