Hello all,
I was using a basic web cam, these are the specs on it equipped with an SD Drive and in order to see the contents of the SD drive, I would just have to switch the camera to MSDC in order for openSUSE 11.4 to load the SD drive on the camera./… Well, for whatever reason, it stopped working!! Just want to know if I did something wrong… This is the spec of the camera from the USB app.::
EHCI Host Controller (1)
Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.34.7-0.5-default ehci_hcd
Serial #: 0000:00:0b.1
Manufacturer: Sunplus Co Ltd
Serial #: 01.00.00
Class
0
((Defined at Interface level))
Subclass
0
Protocol
0
USB Version
1.00
Vendor ID
0x4fc
(Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd)
Product ID
0x5331
(Vivitar Vivicam 10)
Revision
0.00
Speed
12 Mbit/s
Channels
0
Max. Packet Size
8
Camera has digital concepts written on it!!
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!!
Hello all,
Well, i scoured the internet and the only this I found on this simple camera is located at this link:
Device descriptor for Digital Concepts 89379 ( 0x04fc:0x5331 )
It lists that the camera, which is a Digital Concepts, USB camera, model #89379-Z is partially supported. What is so mind boggling is before, having all sorts of issues, I was a to just connect the camera to USB, set the camera to MSDC and then openSUSE would recognize it as a mass storage device… Then, I was able to launch F-Spot and yank my pictures of the camera… Now, for whatever reason, it does not work… This is also info I have on the driver’s ID:
Device descriptor for Digital Concepts 89379 ( 0x04fc:0x5331 )
T: Bus=03 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=02 Cnt=03 Dev#= 20 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=04fc ProdID=5331 Rev= 1.00
S: Manufacturer=Sunplus Co Ltd
S: Product=Sunplus SPCA533
S: SerialNumber=01.00.00
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage
E: Ad=87(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=08(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=89(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=1ms
T: Bus=03 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=03 Cnt=04 Dev#= 6 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=07c4 ProdID=a006 Rev= 0.14
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=05(PID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usb-storage
E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!!
Best Regards,
freesparks
In lieu of anybody more competent:
The problem is that 11.4 is very much work in progress and so most users would opt for 11.3. I am not sure what the arrangements are for upgrades with 11.4. Do you get notified of automatic updates or do you download the latest versions of whatever and install those manually?
I ask because the behavior you describe could result from a kernel update and the kernel modules associated with your camera may no longer support it. Another cause in this vein could be a kernel update but you have not rebooted the system so the old kernel is trying to work with the new modules. Do you run your system 24/7 and, if so, could the above situation apply to you?
You can see how the system registers the camera via the ‘dmesg’ command. What I would do is:
- Unplug the camera from the USB port and turn it to MSDC,
- Reboot the system to get a clean suite of loaded modules,
- From a command prompt, with the camera still unplugged, run the command:
dmesg > nocamera.txt,
- Plug in the camera, with it still switched to MSDC, and then run another dmesg command:
dmesg > withcamera.txt,
- The camera, if seen and understood by the system, will have generated extra entries in the dmesg output, which can be isolated with:
diff withcamera.txt nocamera.txt > cammessages.txt,
- Look in cammessages.txt and see what it says. Post the output here - but not if it’s empty, of course.
You may find that rebooting the system cured the problem anyway.
Note: your camera should be supported under the gspca module suite. The web site you quoted appears to be a bit out of date: 2005. There is another web page here you can examine:
HCL:Web cameras - openSUSE
HTH.