Re: video: USB webcam fails since kernel 3.2

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2012/10/10 Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi,
>
> In June, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
>
>> Since recent kernels, this ASUS W5F's built-in webcam fails to be
>> detected. Gstreamer-based applications (Cheese,
>> gstreamer-properties) immediately crash whenever trying to access
>> the video device.
> [...]
>> video_source:sr[3246]: segfault at 0 ip   (null) sp ab36de1c error
>> 14 in cheese[8048000+21000]
>
> In July, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
>
>> As far as I can tell, yes, the modules in Jean-François' tarball work
>> as-is to fix the problem.
> [...]
>> [   11.834852] gspca_main: v2.15.18 registered
>> [   11.844262] gspca_main: vc032x-2.15.18 probing 0ac8:0321
>> [   11.844682] gspca_vc032x: vc0321 check sensor header 2c
>> [   11.850304] gspca_vc032x: Sensor ID 3130 (0)
>> [   11.850309] gspca_vc032x: Find Sensor PO3130NC
>> [   11.851809] gspca_main: video0 created
>>
>> Backport would be needed against 3.2.21 as this is what Debian will
>> (probably) release with.
>
> Sorry to have lost track of this.  Do you know what patch fixed it?
> Does 3.5.y from experimental work?

There is no known patch. What currently works is a whole new upstream
tarball of the GSPCA tree, built as a standalone module package. It's
not fixed in 3.5 however.

Martin-Éric
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