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Re: [pwc] Troubles on SUSE10

To: Philips Webcam Linux Driver <>
Subject: Re: [pwc] Troubles on SUSE10
From: Salman <>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:12:14 -0700 (PDT)
I run SuSE 9.3 the "pwc" failed on my first try.

What did you do to make it work? Was it the
location of the file on your machine? Did your cam
work? I have a Logitech Quick Cam Zoom.

Thanks for your reply

--- Peter Van den Wildenbergh <>
wrote:

>
> Hi All:
>
> I recently succesfully installed the pwc module on a
> SUSE 9.3
> Now I have another PC (dell) and SUSE 10, same
> camera...
>
> The install went without problems (I believe)
> ~> lsmod | grep pwc
> pwc                    87796  1
> videodev                9088  2 pwc
> v4l2_common             5760  1 pwc
> usbcore               112640  7
>
snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,pwc,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
>
> With XawTV I see an image (very very dark blue'ish)
> but at least I see
> something
> with Gqcam I see a black screen with a gray banner
> just above the middle of
> the screen, when putting something close to the lens
> the 'gray' banner
> becomes darker or lighter.
> Looks like the actual img is 6 times inside that
> gray banner (side by side)
>
> I used on SUSE 9.3 'webcam' to capture a pic every
> minute and FTP it.
> now "webcam" starts, doesn't report errors (AFAIK)
> but doesn't grab/save an
> image.
>
> SUSE10
> 2.6.13-15-default
> pwc-10.0.9-rc1
>
> lsmod
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:08b4 Logitech, Inc.
> QuickCam Zoom
>
> /var/log/messages when running XawTV is getting
> poundered with
> Oct 28 16:03:41 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_DQBUF)
> Oct 28 16:03:41 yukon kernel: pwc ioctl(VIDIOC_QBUF)
> index=0
> Oct 28 16:03:41 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_DQBUF)
> Oct 28 16:03:41 yukon kernel: pwc ioctl(VIDIOC_QBUF)
> index=1
>
> /var/log/messages START XawTV
> Oct 28 16:05:20 yukon kernel: pwc
> set_video_mode(320x240 @ 10, palette 15).
> Oct 28 16:05:20 yukon kernel: pwc decode_size = 3.
> Oct 28 16:05:20 yukon kernel: pwc Using alternate
> setting 3.
> Oct 28 16:05:20 yukon kernel: pwc frame_size=44160,
> vframes=10, vsize=3,
> vsnapshot=0, vbandlength=736
> Oct 28 16:05:20 yukon kernel: pwc
> set_video_mode(320x240 @ 10, palette 15).
> Oct 28 16:05:20 yukon kernel: pwc decode_size = 3.
> Oct 28 16:05:20 yukon kernel: pwc Using alternate
> setting 3.
> Oct 28 16:05:20 yukon kernel: pwc frame_size=44160,
> vframes=10, vsize=3,
> vsnapshot=0, vbandlength=736
> Oct 28 16:05:21 yukon kernel: pwc
> set_video_mode(320x240 @ 10, palette 15).
> Oct 28 16:05:21 yukon kernel: pwc decode_size = 3.
> Oct 28 16:05:21 yukon kernel: pwc Using alternate
> setting 3.
> Oct 28 16:05:21 yukon kernel: pwc frame_size=44160,
> vframes=10, vsize=3,
> vsnapshot=0, vbandlength=736
> Oct 28 16:05:21 yukon kernel: pwc:
> V4L2_CID_BRIGHTNESS()=1
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc:
> V4L2_CID_CONTRAST()=-110
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc:
> V4L2_CID_SATURATION()=256
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc:
> V4L2_CID_AUTO_WHITE_BALANCE()=4
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc:
> V4L2_CID_RED_BALANCE()=32768
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc:
> V4L2_CID_BLUE_BALANCE()=32768
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc:
> V4L2_CID_GAMMA()=24
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc:
> V4L2_CID_GAIN()=-1275
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_S_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc Try to change
> format to: width=384
> height=288 fps=10 compression=0 snapshot=0
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc
> set_video_mode(384x288 @ 10, palette 15).
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc decode_size = 3.
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc Using alternate
> setting 6.
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc frame_size=76680,
> vframes=10, vsize=3,
> vsnapshot=0, vbandlength=1278
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc leaving
> VIDIOC_S_FMT, return=0
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_S_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc Try to change
> format to: width=320
> height=240 fps=10 compression=0 snapshot=0
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc
> set_video_mode(320x240 @ 10, palette 15).
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc decode_size = 3.
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc Using alternate
> setting 6.
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc frame_size=76680,
> vframes=10, vsize=3,
> vsnapshot=0, vbandlength=1278
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc leaving
> VIDIOC_S_FMT, return=0
> Oct 28 16:05:22 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_REQBUFS) count=2
>
> /var/log/messages STOPPING XawTV
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_S_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc Try to change
> format to: width=384
> height=288 fps=10 compression=0 snapshot=0
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> set_video_mode(384x288 @ 10, palette 15).
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc decode_size = 3.
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc Using alternate
> setting 6.
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc frame_size=76680,
> vframes=10, vsize=3,
> vsnapshot=0, vbandlength=1278
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc leaving
> VIDIOC_S_FMT, return=0
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_TRY_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> ioctl(VIDIOC_S_FMT)
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc Try to change
> format to: width=320
> height=240 fps=10 compression=0 snapshot=0
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc
> set_video_mode(320x240 @ 10, palette 15).
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc decode_size = 3.
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc Using alternate
> setting 6.
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc frame_size=76680,
> vframes=10, vsize=3,
> vsnapshot=0, vbandlength=1278
> Oct 28 16:05:27 yukon kernel: pwc leaving
> VIDIOC_S_FMT, return=0
> Oct 28 16:05:28 yukon kernel: pwc Closing video
> device: 53 frames received,
> dumped 4 frames, 0 frames with errors.
>
>
> Idem for dmesg, lots of
> pwc ioctl(VIDIOC_DQBUF)
> pwc ioctl(VIDIOC_QBUF) index=0
> pwc ioctl(VIDIOC_DQBUF)
> pwc ioctl(VIDIOC_QBUF) index=1
>
> Hints en tips more than welcome...
>
> Peter
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>
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Salman



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