Comment 17 for bug 293259

I already reported this as bug Bug #291906 but I didn't get any feedback so here it is again:

I have Mustek gSmart 300 web cam. It worked fine under Ubuntu 8.04 with the gspca drivers manually compiled and installed. When I plug the cam it beeps showing that it is being recognized by the system. Then It beeps again and I get a window with the following message:

Unable to mount Mustek Systems, Inc. gSmart 300
Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device

After I click OK, there is an icon present at the desktop Mustek Systems, Inc. gSmart 300. by clicking on the icon i can open the location gphoto2://[usb:002,010]/. This probably gives me access to the photo function of the webcam. I can copy pictures from this directory(representing the cams internal memory), but I can't delete them. If I try to delete a picture, I get this message:

Error while deleting.
There was an error deleting Image001.jpg.
Show more details->Not supported

The webcam function is not functioning completely. There is no /dev/video created for it.

petar@aurora:~$ lsmod | grep gspca
gspca_spca500 21760 0
gspca_main 29312 1 gspca_spca500
videodev 41344 3 tuner,gspca_main,bttv
usbcore 148848 7 gspca_spca500,gspca_main,usbhid,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd

lsusb gives:

petar@aurora:~$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 010: ID 055f:c200 Mustek Systems, Inc. gSmart 300
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04b3:310b IBM Corp. Red Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

dmesg gives:

...
[ 2086.830502] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 10
[ 2091.428024] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 11
[ 2091.749293] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2091.751345] gspca: probing 055f:c200
[ 2091.754414] gspca: probe ok
[ 2091.754464] gspca: probing 055f:c200
[ 2092.207764] gspca: disconnect complete
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uname -a
Linux aurora 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Thu Oct 30 04:18:38 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

What confuses me most is the last message, [ 2092.207764] gspca: disconnect complete, because I am not disconnecting the webcam from my computer .

I am also not sure if this is important but my Ubuntu 8.10 is an upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04, so it is not a clean install. Also it might be important for you to know that I have Pinacle PCTV Studio TV tuner card installed on my computer. It uses BT878 driver. And it seams it is broken too. It is listed in the Multimedia Systems selector but when I test it the test doesn't show any errors, but there is no window showing the picture from the tuner.

If you need more information please ask.