Microsoft VX-1000 webcam drivers broken

[AprilHare]

Microsoft VX-1000 webcam not working; application cheese autoconfigures to access USB camera (/dev/video0) but image displayed consists of green with multicoloured pixel strip at top. Known to work under Jaunty with 2.6.30 kernel (nightly build).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: matthewbriggs 4499 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: matthewbriggs 4499 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: matthewbriggs 4499 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfb000000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,1458e601,00100001'
   Controls : 40
   Simple ctrls : 22
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'camera'/'USB camera at usb-0000:00:1a.0-1, full speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB045e:00f7'
   Controls : 3
   Simple ctrls : 2
Date: Sun Oct 25 11:04:10 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=dd409007-8e74-49a8-af78-df1beaf4c608
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P35-DS3L
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=5b8180ab-bfa5-4e3f-a91e-4134963e8df3 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.16
 linux-firmware 1.24
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 11/10/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F9C
dmi.board.name: P35-DS3L
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF9C:bd11/10/2008:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP35-DS3L:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP35-DS3L:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: P35-DS3L
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Reuben Thomas (rrt)]

I am having this bug too...

[Reuben Thomas (rrt)]

This bug is fixed by updating the v4l drivers (specifically gspca v2.7.0 rather than v2.6.0 as shipped with karmic). It would be great if this could be fixed in a kernel update!

[AprilHare (hal-sulphur)]

I'd be happy with knowing how to upgrade gspca..

[jesterthejedi (jesterthejedi)]

Here is the display output of gstreamer-properties.

[jesterthejedi (jesterthejedi)]

Reuben,

Where is the 2.7.0 source code? I tried searching the web without any luck.

[Ronnie Barnes (lazybug69)]

Hi AprilHare

I'm interested to hear if you found the solution for your webcam.
I could do with some help as I've the same problem with my webcam Microsoft VX1000.

[Ronnie Barnes (lazybug69)]

Hi AprilHare

I'm interested to hear if you found the solution for your webcam.
I could do with some help as I've the same problem with my webcam Microsoft VX1000.

with regards
Ronnie

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi AprilHare,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 460118

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Tom (tom6)]

Jeremy, in question
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/102608
Ronnie replied to you

"
Hi Jeremy Foshee

I subscribed to this bugreport as I've a Webcam Microsoft VX1000 which
doesn't work I get only a green screen when testing in Cheese or Skype.
I'm quiet new to ubuntu and I don't know where to start solving this
problem.
When researching the problem I read about the kernel as a possible
solution.
May you could give me a advise where to start.
My solution was to buy a logitech 200 webam worked out of the box but I
would like to make the Microsoft VX1000 work too.

with regards
Ronnie
"

I have linked the question to the bug-report now so future posts to either should go to al lthe relevant people. Sorry i hadn't done so earlier.

Regards from
Tom :)

[Ron_ (ronald-liebman)]

I am following other forums on which no one has gotten the VX-1000 camera and microphone to work at the same time. I am running the most current 64-bit version of Ubuntu 9.10. With a little tweaking, my camera now works. I have never gotten the mic to work in Ubuntu, despite much tinkering wiith ALSA and PulseAudio.

See
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1034988
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1321194
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9307508&posted=1#post9307508

[Nir Misgav (nirmisgav)]

I'm using Lucid kernel, 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP
my vx1000 webcam works fine for Video, but no mic.

In preference->sound->input I changed to "LifeCam VX-1000 Analog Mono", but still can't see the mic picking up sound.

[Ron_ (ronald-liebman)]

Can anyone advise what we need to do to get this bug confirmed so that it can get assigned and not expire?

[JamesWard (jamesward22)]

Well I have been exploring this problem on a forum thread - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1333343&page=3

Like everyone else, I had no luck with the standard 2.6.32 kernel. When I upgraded it using the kernel-team ppa to 2.6.35-2-generic #3~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP the mic and video started working. But a strange thing was that starting the video stopped the mic working until I removed the gspca_sonixj kernel module and reinstalled it.

In summary:
1. Install kernel 2.6.35-2-generic #3~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP
2. Open Sound Preferences, and select Input tab.
3. Make noise - input level meter goes up and down.
4. Start video app (doesn't matter which) in this case Cheese.
5. Video displayed on screen, but making noise no longer moves input level meter in Sound Preferences.
6. Close down Cheese, and input level meter still not responding.
7. sudo rmmod gspca_sonixj
8. Mic still not responding.
9. sudo modprobe gspca_sonixj
10. Mic works again (until video is used again).

So something has changed between kernels 2.6.32 and 2.6.35 which makes the mic work, but there is something wrong with the gspca_sonixj module that makes it hang when using the video.

[Ron_ (ronald-liebman)]

I was reluctant to upgrade my kernel because I feared side-effects.

Steps 7 & 9 work for me in 2.6.31 (Karmic.) Actually, my mic used to fail whether or not I opened Cheese.

Kyle just showed me how to produce sound here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...72#post9560972 (post #12.)

Many thanks.

[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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[Ron_ (ronald-liebman)]

JamesWard and kyleabaker solved it for me. Sorry for the bad link at #15. Try
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9560972#post9560972 .

[Ron_ (ronald-liebman)]

Still, it would be nice if starting the video didn't break the sound, requiring:

sudo rmmod gspca_sonixj
sudo modprobe gspca_sonixj

[Ronnie Barnes (lazybug69)]

This problem was solved by upgrading to Ubuntu 10.4 my webcam Microsoft VX1000 worked out of the box without any problems.

Thanks
Ronnie

[Ron_ (ronald-liebman)]

I think that this problem re-emerged following a standard upgrage of 2.6.31.

I repeated the 20100712 patch, make, make install, sudo rmmod gspca_sonixj. On sudo modprobe gspca_sonixj I got...
FATAL: Error inserting gspca_sonixj (/lib/modules/2.6.31-22-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_sonixj.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg).

dmesg follows. Any advice?

[49595.551851] gspca_sonixj: disagrees about version of symbol gspca_frame_add
[49595.551857] gspca_sonixj: Unknown symbol gspca_frame_add
[49595.552637] gspca_sonixj: disagrees about version of symbol gspca_dev_probe
[49595.552641] gspca_sonixj: Unknown symbol gspca_dev_probe

[Ron_ (ronald-liebman)]

Sorry. This was a false alarm. All true, but rebooting after patch brought back sound.