gspca driver locking up with Logitec Quickcam for Notebooks

[Ron Wills]

The camera is detected and the gspca driver is loaded and seems to work well, expect for the extremely dark picture, but after using it for a few moments and application locks up (ekiga & camorama).

I get the following from dmesg:

[ 62.016000] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/bui
ld-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: VIDIOCMCAPTURE: invalid format (7)
[ 62.548000] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: VIDIOCMCAPTURE: invalid format (9)
[ 62.548000] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: VIDIOCMCAPTURE: invalid format (14)
[ 62.548000] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: VIDIOCMCAPTURE: invalid format (13)
[ 62.548000] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: VIDIOCMCAPTURE: invalid format (16)
[ 62.548000] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: VIDIOCMCAPTURE: invalid format (11)
[ 62.548000] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: VIDIOCMCAPTURE: invalid format (6)

This is on gusty
Kernel 2.6.22-14-generic

If I remember correctly this was also happening on feisty, but I cannot confirm this since all my machines were upgraded to gutsy.

[Mark Fraser (launchpad-mfraz)]

Not sure if this is the same bug, but I'm having problems with kernel 2.6.24-17-generic and a Quickcam express plus which lsusb identifies as

ID 046d:092f Logitech, Inc. QuickCam express Plus

Doing a dmesg shows that at 3 points during boot:
/build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-2.6.24/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: init isoc: usb_submit_urb(0) ret -28

Also, motion is very jerky in Kopete and Camstream doesn't show anything apart from an initial image when I start it up.

I had no trouble with this webcam in Kubuntu 7.10.

[Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h)]

The 18 month support period for Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 has reached its end of life -
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10-eol . As a result, we are closing the
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22 task. It would be helpful if you could test the
new Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 release and confirm if this issue remains -
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904overview. If the issue still exists with the Jaunty
release, please update this report by changing the Status of the "linux (Ubuntu)"
task from "Incomplete" to "New". Thanks in advance.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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