Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Dell does not support Ubuntu at all, Dell just sells computers with > Ubuntu on them and sells support contracts from Canonical. On the Dell > forums people have specifically asked Dell about it and they basically > say "the microphone is not linux compatible, try asking the ubuntu > forums for help, maybe someone can figure it out"... despite the fact > that it will let you order this monitor along with an Ubuntu computer. > > FWIW the microphones do not work on Mac OS X without commercial > third-party drivers, and there have been numerous posts by Windows > users who are having problems getting the microphones to work on > XP/Vista as well. So I guess the mic is not totally standard usb-audio > (if there is such a thing as standard). > Yeah, that appears to be correct. There are a number of Ubuntu users that have not had any success if the Dell forums are anything to go by. I haven't seen this difficulty with Windows, however. The only problems that appear to be unresolved are on W7 (beta this and that). I have not been successful on a VMware virtual XP on Linux, but that's not too surprising. There is a posting on the Mac forums that indicate that the device itself may be a re-badged Creative with an Omnivsion chipset: Creative Labs webcam monitor Device : 05a9:2649 OmniVision Monitor Webcam UVC =3 Model : OA002 This was apparently from the Dell driver support. I don't know if this helps,but I suspect that the camera is similar to the Sony PS3 Eye because it uses the OV538 controller chip that appears to be what that camera is based on: http://www.ovt.com/products/ip_detail.php?id=9 where the specs state that the chip supports audio input for full audio/video operation. I think the sensor is a OV2640. This jives with what lsusb reports. There is a Creative WebCam Live! Ultra that may be the essential camera device in a Dell form factor, but I can't get the chip specs directly for that camera. However, this jives very well with its age, and the Windows webcam software app that accompanies the monitor is clearly Creative Labs software. I don't know if any of this helps, but I'm at least reasonably sure of the chipset and direct audio output. I'm certainly not a device driver developer, but willing to assist as much as I possibly can. If one of the many cameras that do work uses this chipset, then it may not be too difficult to hack up a fix. Cheers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
