Hi Andreas, On 22/11/2018 19:23, Andreas Pape wrote: > Hello, > > I recently updated my old 2006 Asus A6VM notebook with the latest 32bit > Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (kernel 4.15.0) and found out that the driver for the > webcam (Syntek USB2.0, USB ID 174f:a311) was not working. I only got error > messages like "Sensor resetting failed" in dmesg when starting guvcview > for example. > > Far from being an expert for video devices, I tried to debug this and > figured out three patches to make the webcam work again on my old notebook > (at least I get a video again ;-). Excellent - that sounds like you've worked out the hard part :-) > I know the type of notebook and webcam is pretty old and the driver seems > not to be actively maintained anymore although still being part of actual > kernel versions. > > Is there still an interest in getting patches for such an old device? If > yes, I could try to rebase my patches to the actual version of media_tree.git > and post them to the mailing list. If it's a USB webcam, then it could be plugged into any newer PC/Laptop too, so I would say there is still merit in identifying the fault and fixing it if feasible. I don't think it would hurt to send the patches at least. Feel free to CC me when you do. Regards -- Kieran > Kind regards, > Andreas >
