On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 4:58 AM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On 08/31/2010 11:43 PM, David Ellingsworth wrote: >> >> Hans, >> >> I haven't had any success with this driver as of yet. My camera is >> shown here: http://www.amazon.com/IBM-Net-Camera-Pro-camera/dp/B0009MH25U >> The part number listed on the bottom is 22P5086. It's also labeled as >> being an IBM Net Camera Pro. > > Ah ok, so you have the same one as I have, that model was never supported > by the old ibmcam driver, so I take it you never had it working with the > old ibmcam driver ? > >> When I plug the camera in, it is detected >> >> by the driver but it does not seem to function in this mode. Every >> attempt to obtain video from it using qv4l2 results in a black or >> green image. >> >> If I use the ibm_netcam_pro module option > > Given that is the same camera as I have using the ibm_netcam_pro module > option is definitely the right thing to do. > > I noticed in your lsusb -v output that you're doing this from within vmware? Correct I was using vmware workstation's usb pass through to test the camera. > > I think that is the cause of things not working. This camera will not > even work when connected through a real hub, let alone through a > virtual one. The only way this camera works for me is when it is > connected to a usb port directly on the motherboard, running Linux > directly on the hardware, can you please try that ? Unfortunately, I'm unable to test with real hardware at the moment. My laptop, which has Linux installed on it is currently out of commission until I can find time to repair it's power adapter. Once I get it fixed, I'll try to retest and we'll go from there. Regards, David Ellingsworth -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
