Ubuntu
webcam-server package

  1. Bug #318191
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 318191

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Ondrej (ondrej-wisniewski) wrote :

I get the same error with Lucid (Kernel 2.6.32) and webcam-server 5.04.

I am using the webcam driver sn9c102. Since the ioctl parameters are implemented in the driver I had a look at the current source code. The constants used in the driver are different from the ones used by the application. I guess the problem is related to the driver being v4l2 and webcam-server still a v4l1 application. Its webpage http://webcamserver.sourceforge.net/ stated in 2007 that an upcoming release would introduce the v4l2 API but I cannot find any trace of this release. The project seems to be abandoned.

Looks like Ubuntu basically still ships the 0.5 release from 2004, also including a small patch from 2006.

So I think webcam-server needs to be updated to be compatible with the current v4l2 webcam drivers.