PS3 Eye showing with lsusb, but not mounted or available now to Cheese, Skype, etc.,.

[Michael Hurt]

Release: Ubuntu 13.10
PS3 Eye driver or underlying USB auto mount library
PS3 Eye about 5 days ago was working properly as it should. Mounted and available when Ubuntu booted.
PS3 Eye isn't being mounted as /dev/video and /dev/audio.

The PS3 Eye has 2 leds, 1 shows camera in use, while the other shows power (from the usb port). During a normal bootup into linux, before the operating system gui is fully loaded, the red "in use" light will light then go off, then the system comes up for use. One logged in, I can use the camera as a built in mic using Skype, Cheese, StopMotion, etc.,.

Earlier this week we'd completed some simple animation using StopMotion, and everything seems to work as expected with the camera. The only hitch being a parameter that was omitted in the StopMotion installation script that once manually entered, worked as normal. That was a StopMotion problem, not a PS3 Eye problem.

After 2 quick minor updates (didn't notice which, but I did notice it was small) the PS3 Eye is no longer usable as a camera or microphone.

Here's what i've noticed so far:

When I do a "lsusb" here's what i get...

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 011 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 010 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1415:4000 Nam Tai E&E Products Ltd. or OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 009 Device 002: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

... the "Nam Tai" entry above, I believe is the PS3 Eye. This is where the PS3 Eye is not recognized. Now yesterday when it was working, there was a 2nd "Nam Tai" entry which looked the same except at the end of the text description is had something like "Sony Playstation". So when 2 entries were present when using "lsusb" the camera worked, with just 1 entry like the above showing, it doesn't.

I'm guessing either the library assigned to the camera isn't seeing it as a valid camera, or something isn't fully mounting the camera properly. Is there a command I can use to manally "mount" that particular usb device and see if that's the problem (not being properly mounted)?

[Michael Hurt (midnight-star)]

Just starting digging around and noticed this entry in the "syslog":

    gspca_ov534: unknown parameter 'videomode' ignored

Checking the contents of "dmesg" shows this when plugging in the PS3 Eye:

    Nov 8 15:35:43 mthpc kernel: [ 295.511533] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: SONY

Checking "modinfo gspca-ov534" shows this:

    filename: /lib/modules/3.11.0-13-generic/kernel/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca_ov534.ko
    license: GPL
    description: GSPCA/OV534 USB Camera Driver
    author: Antonio Ospite <email address hidden>
    srcversion: C333FFCB2949885F148658C
    alias: usb:v06F8p3002d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
    alias: usb:v1415p2000d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
    depends: gspca_main,videodev
    intree: Y
    vermagic: 3.11.0-13-generic SMP mod_unload modversions

I'm wondering if the problem with the camera is the GSPCA driver isn't initializing it properly and updating the system tables.

[Michael Hurt (midnight-star)]

Rebooting under this kernal seemed to solve the problem - driver appears to be working properly along with the PS3 Eye, Cheese, StopMotion, etc.,.

    filename: /lib/modules/3.8.0-32-generic/kernel/drivers/media/usb/gspca/gspca_ov534.ko
    license: GPL
    description: GSPCA/OV534 USB Camera Driver
    author: Antonio Ospite <email address hidden>
    srcversion: B0F954568B34D72CBA5137A
    alias: usb:v06F8p3002d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
    alias: usb:v1415p2000d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
    depends: gspca_main,videodev
    intree: Y
    vermagic: 3.8.0-32-generic SMP mod_unload modversions

If the gspca module is built into the kernal, the problem appears between this version and the current one.

[gadLinux (gad-aguilardelgado)]

Hi I have exactly the same problem .

I discovered that under my USB port multiplier it shows as 1415:2000 and it's recognized:
[262724.745858] usb 1-5.3.1: new high-speed USB device number 22 using ehci-pci
[262724.845230] usb 1-5.3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1415, idProduct=2000
[262724.845234] usb 1-5.3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[262724.845236] usb 1-5.3.1: Product: USB Camera-B3.04.06.1
[262724.845238] usb 1-5.3.1: Manufacturer: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
[262724.845442] gspca_main: ov534-2.14.0 probing 1415:2000

And it works. But directly attached to the computer does not 1415:4000, and does not work:

262792.471160] usb 1-5.3: USB disconnect, device number 21
[262792.471165] usb 1-5.3.1: USB disconnect, device number 22
[262819.083096] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 23 using ehci-pci
[262819.220451] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1415, idProduct=4000
[262819.220456] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=10, Product=11, SerialNumber=0
[262819.220458] usb 1-1: Product: USB 2.0 HUB
[262819.220460] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: SONY
[262819.220856] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[262819.221520] hub 1-1:1.0: 1 port detected

How can this be?