I have a 05a9:2643 OmniVision Monitor Webcam (Dell SP2208WFP) device.According to Linux UVC driver & tools this device is fully supported.
uname -a
Linux suse-x64 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
boot.msg
5.752085] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
<6> 5.759466] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Monitor Webcam (SP2208WFP) (05a9:2643)
<6> 5.759903] uvcvideo: UVC non compliance - GET_DEF(PROBE) not supported. Enabling workaround.
<3> 5.760152] uvcvideo: Failed to query (129) UVC probe control : -32 (exp. 26).
<3> 5.760172] uvcvideo: Failed to initialize the device (-5).
<6> 5.760328] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
<6> 5.760335] USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 05a9:2643 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. Monitor Webcam
lsmod
Module Size Used by
uvcvideo 74196 0
videodev 46848 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 19148 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 12776 1 videodev
dmesg | less
1.971084] usb 1-3.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
2.062684] usb 1-3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=05a9, idProduct=2643
2.062690] usb 1-3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
2.062693] usb 1-3.1: Product: Monitor Webcam (SP2208WFP)
2.062696] usb 1-3.1: Manufacturer: Mic-OmniVision Technologies, Inc.538-2640-07.08.09.6
luvcview
luvcview version 0.2.1
Video driver: fbcon
Hardware surfaces are available (5120K video memory)
video /dev/video0
ERROR opening V4L interface
: No such file or directory
I had this working fine in 11.1, but not 11.2
Any ideas?