Yes, that does work. I've retested the camera several ways after reading your idea and the current state of affairs is below:
-camera plugged in while booting: works
-camera plugged in after logging into GNOME: works
-camera plugged in while booting, unplugging camera, and re-connecting camera: does NOT work
-camera plugged in while booting, unplugging camera, removing pwc module and re-connecting camera: works
To sum up:
-pwc is not automatically loaded at boot if the camera is not connected.
-pwc is automatically loaded when the camera is connected and the camera works.
-pwc is not automatically removed when the camera is disconnected.
-The camera does NOT work if pwc is loaded before the camera has been connected.
Mike,
Yes, that does work. I've retested the camera several ways after reading your idea and the current state of affairs is below:
-camera plugged in while booting: works
-camera plugged in after logging into GNOME: works
-camera plugged in while booting, unplugging camera, and re-connecting camera: does NOT work
-camera plugged in while booting, unplugging camera, removing pwc module and re-connecting camera: works
To sum up:
-pwc is not automatically loaded at boot if the camera is not connected.
-pwc is automatically loaded when the camera is connected and the camera works.
-pwc is not automatically removed when the camera is disconnected.
-The camera does NOT work if pwc is loaded before the camera has been connected.