Microdia 0c45:613b webcam not properly supported

[Jerry Chong]

When my webcam is plugged in it gets detected properly, the gspcav driver loads and sets up /dev/video correctly, but the picture captured is completely wrong (almost-empty static image, color distortions around edge, see image below).

lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0c45:613b Microdia

/var/log/syslog shows the following:
================================
USB GSPCA camera found. SONIX JPEG (sn9c1xx)
[spca5xx_probe:4041] Camera type JPEG
[spca5xx_getcapability:1198] maxw 640 maxh 480 minw 160 minh 120
nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_c45_613b_noserial').

Possibly driver bug?

[Gustavo A. Díaz (gdiaz)]

I can confirm this, i have the same webcam type, and i get a yellow border/white static image...
Using Kubuntu Feisty.

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:613b Microdia

[Ghaith Hachem (ghaith)]

i can confirm this i have the same cam, and i get a yellow border with white image

ghaith@ghaith-desktop:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:613b Microdia
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

[faberyx (fabrizio-catitti)]

I have exactly the same problem, camera is detected correctly but is displayed ani image similar to the one posted by Gustavo

Using ubuntu Feisty 7.04.

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:6130 Microdia
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

[Assid (assid)]

doesnt work in hardy either :(

[Boban Aleksov (aleksovboban)]

I've got the same problem here it's gutsy using msi starcam 370i
lsusb: 0c45:60c0 Microdia
Picture i get is same as the one up there...

[reh4c (gene-hoffler)]

I can confirm that Microdia webcam 0c45:62c0 does work on Gutsy and Hardy (Alpha 4) with Cheese 2.21.5. This is just a sidenote since it doesn't help the folks with the 0c45:613b webcam.

[Boban Aleksov (aleksovboban)]

Sorry but i must say that it's not case with my camera. :-( As i said my
camera doesn't work with gspca driver...
Tried whole a lot of things to make it work but it appears it doesn't work.
Anyway i joined microdia group on groups google. We are trying to make
driver that will work with microdia.

My cam is MSI StarCam 370i i'm willing to give access to my computer as for
vnc or ssh to see that it doesn't work...

On Feb 19, 2008 12:40 AM, Gene Hoffler <email address hidden> wrote:

> I can confirm that Microdia webcam 0c45:62c0 does work on Gutsy and
> Hardy (Alpha 4) with Cheese 2.21.5. This is just a sidenote since it
> doesn't help the folks with the 0c45:613b webcam.
>
> --
> Microdia 0c45:613b webcam not properly supported
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113088
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Source Package "gspca" in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> When my webcam is plugged in it gets detected properly, the gspcav driver
> loads and sets up /dev/video correctly, but the picture captured is
> completely wrong (almost-empty static image, color distortions around edge,
> see image below).
>
> lsusb:
> Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0c45:613b Microdia
>
> /var/log/syslog shows the following:
> ================================
> USB GSPCA camera found. SONIX JPEG (sn9c1xx)
> [spca5xx_probe:4041] Camera type JPEG
> [spca5xx_getcapability:1198] maxw 640 maxh 480 minw 160 minh 120
> nm_hal_device_added (): New device added (hal udi is
> '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_c45_613b_noserial').
>
> Possibly driver bug?
>

[Yuri Glushkov (yglushkov)]

I have Microdia 0c45:62c0 webcam that works with uvcvideo driver in Ubuntu Gutsy. Maybe you should try to use this driver?

[Boban Aleksov (aleksovboban)]

62c0 cam seems to be working but mine is 60c0 and it has image senos mi0360
and bridge chip sn9c105R... And it doesn't work or i simply couldn't make it
work... :(

[exactt (giesbert)]

please checkout https://groups.google.com/group/microdia and https://groups.google.com/group/microdia .

[exactt (giesbert)]

ups!

i meant:

and https://groups.google.com/group/microdia/web/testing-microdia-driver-draft

[exactt (giesbert)]

according to https://groups.google.com/group/microdia/browse_thread/thread/036ee1e187a5cf6d# there are .deb packages available now. if they are working maybe mark this bug as a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/87054 .

[Jerry Chong (zanglang)]

Bumping this bug again. This bug is *not* a duplicate of bug #87054, as the SN9C10x driver is not the same as the SN9C20x driver. Please remove the duplicate status if possible.

Doing a quick test on Intrepid shows the following syslog, showing that the kernel now properly recognizes that the webcam is not supported:

Nov 1 23:49:42 thor kernel: [639813.348019] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
Nov 1 23:49:42 thor kernel: [639813.509446] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Nov 1 23:49:42 thor kernel: [639813.514032] usb 2-2: SN9C120 PC Camera Controller detected (vid:pid 0x0C45:0x613B)
Nov 1 23:49:42 thor kernel: [639813.645034] usb 2-2: No supported image sensor detected for this bridge
Nov 1 23:49:43 thor chipcardd[6405]: devicemanager.c: 3373: Changes in hardware list
Nov 1 23:49:54 thor kernel: [639825.288049] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 5
Nov 1 23:49:55 thor chipcardd[6405]: devicemanager.c: 3373: Changes in hardware list

To clarify, the SN9C20x drivers only support the bridges listed here: http://groups.google.com/group/microdia/web/list-of-known-microdia-webcams
while the SN9C10x supports these: SN9C101, SN9C102, SN9C103, SN9C105, SN9C120.

Someone has indeed released the source code for the driver, but compiling seems to fail with Intrepid's kernel headers... can someone try it?
http://www.linux-projects.org/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=2