Regular pattern of incorrectly rotated squares of pixels for Syntek 174f:1404 webcam

[Pander]

Binary package hint: linux-image

Syntek, USB Camera Device, 1.3 MPixel Web Cam 174f:1404 works perfectly in Skype 2.1.0.47. However in Cheese, when using driver uvcvideo in Karmic 9.10, a regular pattern of incorrectly rotated squares of pixels is seen. See:
  http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/581/320x240g.jpg
  http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/2205/640x480dt.jpg
  http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6642/1280x1024z.jpg

More information on this device can be found here:
  http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=4607

I have noticed that Skype and Cheese cannot access the device at the same time. This might be unrelated but perhaps worth noticing. Also the USB ID need to be added to usb.ids:
 174f Syntek
     1403 Integrated Webcam
+ 1404 USB Camera device, 1.3 MPixel Web Cam
     5212 USB 2.0 UVC PC Camera
     5a11 PC Camera
     5a31 Sonix USB 2.0 Camera

Please fix this bug and release it via updates.

[Pander (pander)]

Meanwhile USB id has been added, see https://usb-ids.gowdy.us/read/UD/174f/1404

[Pander (pander)]

and this is the version of the package:
$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.6.31-16-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcvideo.ko
linux-image-2.6.31-16-generic: /lib/modules/2.6.31-16-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcvideo.ko

[Pander (pander)]

Andy, does this solve the kernel series unknown status?

$ uname -a
Linux katana 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 17:01:44 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Pander,

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 500529

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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[Pander (pander)]

It is still not working for:
Linux katana 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 04:38:19 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

The apport-collect requires me to set "Change Anything" privileges. That is too much and I can't allow that. Can you reconfigure it for "Read Non-Private Data"?

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Pander,
    The 'change anything' is only for data on Launchpad and has nothing to do with your machine.

~JFo

[Pander (pander)]

AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SIS966 [HDA SIS966], device 0: ALC268 Analog [ALC268 Analog]
   Subdevices: 0/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: sander 16587 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: sander 16587 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SIS966'/'HDA SIS966 at 0xd4200000 irq 23'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC268'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0268,14c0003f,00100101 HDA:11c11040,11c10001,00100200'
   Controls : 18
   Simple ctrls : 12
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=4661790d-c653-47ac-aa90-4b9e55317787
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 002: ID 147e:1000 Upek
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 174f:1404 Syntek
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=ae0cfc9a-ac99-4ab6-9b6d-fbb8713c3777 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-20-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.26
RfKill:

Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 03/03/2009
dmi.bios.version: 1.00
dmi.board.name: KFT00
dmi.board.version: REFERENCE
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvn:bvr1.00:bd03/03/2009:svn:pn:pvr:rvn:rnKFT00:rvrREFERENCE:cvn:ct10:cvrN/A:

[Pander (pander)]

This bug still occurs in kernel version 2.6.31-22-generic. Could someone please confirm this bug and update Importance and Status of this bug?

[Pander (pander)]

Let me know if I can test any patches for this.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug was filed against a series that is no longer supported and so is being marked as Won't Fix. If this issue still exists in a supported series, please file a new bug.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.