webcamd and Pixart Imaging

[Hans Petter Selasky]

Hi,

Could you dump device descriptor and current configuration descriptor using 
usbconfig. I need the vendor ID and product ID at least to be able to debug 
this issue.

--HPS

On Sunday 29 August 2010 21:47:05 David Naylor wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get a USB webcam to work (Pixart Imaging, see
> http://hardware4linux.info/component/12311/).
> 
> I attach the webcam and:
> 
> # dmesg
> ugen0.2: <Pixart Imaging Inc.> at usbus0
> 
> 
> I run webcamd (I've tried both from ports and svn):
> 
> # ./webcamd
> Attached ugen0.2[0] to cuse unit 0
> Creating /dev/video0
> 
> 
> I try using pwcview without success:
> 
> # pwcview
> Webcam set to: 320x240 (sif) at 5 fps
> libv4l2: error got 10 consecutive frame decode errors, last error: v4l-
> convert: error unknown pac207 row header: 0xed90
> 
> Error reading from webcam: Resource temporarily unavailable
> 
> 
> Skype is also unable to use the webcam (green image with corruption in top
> half of the image).  According to the webpage referenced above the webcam
> should be usable.
> 
> Please help,
> 
> David
> 
> P.S. I'm not on list