Bug#532474: linux-image-2.6.29-2-686: GSPCA V4L2 dropped support for in 2.6.26 supported webcams - Metabug
Package: linux-image-2.6.29-2-686
Version: 2.6.29-5
Severity: normal
The new GSPCA in the kernel mainline dropped support for this webcam and probably more since
inclusion:
ID 0ac8:303b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0303 WebCam
There's a C-hardcoded "KConfig" #ifdef in the respective GSPCA chipset module which
passes handling of this cam to the legacy zc0301 driver but it cannot support it:
Jun 9 16:33:11 tom2 kernel: [ 1086.185254] usb 2-2.3: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
Jun 9 16:33:11 tom2 kernel: [ 1086.339258] usb 2-2.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0ac8, idProduct=303b
Jun 9 16:33:11 tom2 kernel: [ 1086.339271] usb 2-2.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Jun 9 16:33:11 tom2 kernel: [ 1086.339280] usb 2-2.3: Product: PC Camera
Jun 9 16:33:11 tom2 kernel: [ 1086.339286] usb 2-2.3: Manufacturer: Vimicro Corp.
Jun 9 16:33:11 tom2 kernel: [ 1086.339532] usb 2-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jun 9 16:33:11 tom2 kernel: [ 1086.920576] zc0301: V4L2 driver for ZC0301[P] Image Processor and Control Chip
v1:1.10
Jun 9 16:33:11 tom2 kernel: [ 1086.920656] usb 2-2.3: ZC0301[P] Image Processor and Control Chip detected (vid/pid
0x0AC8:0x303B)
Jun 9 16:33:11 tom2 kernel: [ 1086.990296] usb 2-2.3: No supported image sensor detected <----------
Jun 9 16:33:11 tom2 kernel: [ 1086.990379] usbcore: registered new interface driver zc0301
I can remember fixing this months before but did not submit the patch for some reason... nor can I find it
anymore up to this time.
It worked but the new gspca v4l2 main has dropped other useful things like the brightness/contrast/color
module parameters, so it was useless to me with applications not supporting v4l controls like
adobe flash + flashcoms video chat.
-- Package-specific info:
** Version:
Linux version 2.6.29-2-686 (Debian 2.6.29-5) (waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Debian 4.3.3-10) ) #1 SMP Sun May 17 17:56:29 UTC 2009
** Not tainted
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