Re: Why does a webcam MT6225 not work with Debian?
Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Webcam MT6225 which woks with ReHat, Fedora and SuSE but not
> with Debian, even if it is detected through v4l.
>
> Bus 001 Device 017: ID 0e8d:0004 MediaTek Inc.
>
> and VLC/Ekiga identified it as MT6225.
>
> Any suggestions WHY it does not work?
>
> Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
> Michelle Konzack
> Systemadministrator
> 25.9V Electronic Engineer
> Tamay Dogan Network
> Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
>
Hi,
given the usb ID the camera should work with uvcvideo, included in
kernels newer than 2.6.26 (external module before that), you can see the
list of compatible devices here http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ .
The latest sources repository (mercurial) is hosted there :
http://linuxtv.org/hg/~pinchartl/uvcvideo/
with a wiki if v4l compilation is required too
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_Obtain,_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers
But that's a pain in the neck, fortunately not necessary with recent
kernels.
I also found a thread speaking of connect/disconnect cycles with such a
camera on uvcvideo mailing list :
http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/linux-uvc-devel/2008-October/004084.html
Maybe you've just hit a bad uvcvideo version on Debian.
Tom
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