Webcam Z-Star 305b doesn't work in Ubuntu
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| linux (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Bug Description
My webcam Z-Star 305b was supposed to work out of the box, but it doesn't work in gutsy, hard or intrepid.
I've read lots of threads and tried some suggestions, but unsuccessfully.
At present, I'm using intrepid i386 with kernel 2.6.27-9-generic.
lsmod |grep gspca output is:
gspca_zc3xx 55936 0
gspca_main 29312 1 gspca_zc3xx
videodev 41344 1 gspca_main
usbcore 148848 9 gspca_zc3xx,
lsusb output is:
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0e8f:0003 GreenAsia Inc.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0ac8:305b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0305 WebCam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
I've tried the suggestions as follow:
1. Compiling gspca-source from the official repository. My outputs were:
root@paulo-
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.27-9-generic
Cabeçalhos de kernel disponíveis em /usr/src/
Criando ligação simbólica ...
apt-get install build-essential
E: Não foi possível obter trava /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Recurso temporariamente indisponível)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
Feito !
root@paulo-
Informações sobre 1 pacotes atualizadas
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.27-9-generic
Cabeçalhos de kernel disponíveis em /usr/src/linux
Criando ligação simbólica ...
Não foi possível criar a ligação simbólica /usr/src/linux !
apt-get install build-essential
E: Não foi possível obter trava /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Recurso temporariamente indisponível)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
Feito !
unpack
Extracting the package tarball, /usr/src/
"/usr/share/
This was the log file output:
/usr/src/
│ function ‘video_
│ /usr/src/
│ function ‘video_
│ /usr/src/
│ /usr/src/
│ assignment
│ make[4]: ** [/usr/src/
│ make[3]: ** [_module_
│ make[3]: Saindo do diretório `/usr/src/
│ make[2]: ** [default] Erro 2
│ make[2]: Saindo do diretório `/usr/src/
│ make[1]: ** [binary-modules] Erro 2
│ make[1]: Saindo do diretório `/usr/src/
│ make: ** [kdist_build] Erro 2
2. Downloading and installing gspcav* from the developer's website (I've tried all versions with the same error messages):
root@paulo-
REMOVE the old module if present
ERROR: Module gspca does not exist in /proc/modules
CLEAN gspca source tree
rm -r -f *.o decoder/
.gspca.o.cmd *.o *.ko *.mod.* .[a-z]* core *.i \
*.symvers *.err
COMPILE gspca Please Wait ....!!
INSTALL gspca in the kernel binary tree
mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/
install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/
install: impossível fazer stat em `gspca.ko': Arquivo ou diretório inexistente
make: ** [install] Erro 1
LOAD gspca in memory
FATAL: Module gspca not found.
PRINT COMPILATION MESSAGES if ERRORS look kgspca.err
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=
make[1]: Entrando no diretório `/usr/src/
CC [M] /usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
/usr/src/
make[2]: ** [/usr/src/
make[1]: ** [_module_
make[1]: Saindo do diretório `/usr/src/
make: ** [default] Erro 2
3. Lastly, I tried the 'LD_PRELOAD=
paulo@paulo-
(camorama:10580): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated
libv4l2: error dequeuing buf: Erro de entrada/saída
What else could I do to have my webcam ok? I've also tried cheese, camstream and camE.
I know I'm not a linux expert, but I'm not a newbie too. Am I doing anything wrong?
I would appreciate any help, because I'm completely lost. :-(
Thanks in advance!
| affects: | gspca (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu) |

confirm, I have the same problem, but only on Interpid, with Hardy 8.04 my webcam is working fine out of the box
Webcam is not working in cheese, skype and video flash chat also.
lsusb>>
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0ac8:305b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0305 WebCam
lsmod>>
gspca_zc3xx 55936 1
gspca_main 29312 1 gspca_zc3xx
v4l1_compat 22404 1 videodev