On Tue, 2012-01-17 at 10:40 +0200, Kertesz Laszlo wrote: > Hello, > > I have a webcam: > ( 0ac8:305b ) Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0305 Webcam that uses the > gspca driver (gspca_zc3xx). I have Debian Wheezy installed. > > It works well with older kernels - i used it up to 2.6.38 or 39 and had > no issues with it. But with the 3 series kernels (at least the current > 3.1 and the 3.2 from unstable) started to misbehave. > If i use it with any program (Skype, Vlc, Jitsi etc) it works, but after > finishing the streaming/call or after a period of time after that i > cannot close those programs anymore, they freeze and kill or kill -9 > does not kill them. > Additionally the camera does not unregister (the /dev/video0 device is > there) if plugged out and all usb hotplugging ceases to work (the > already plugged devices work and lsusb shows a "snapshot" of the > plugged-in devices). > Rmmodding the gspca drivers does not work (device is busy), using the -f > switch locks the console. > dmesg shows no output, no kernel panic or anything. Only when i used > Jitsi (which is java-based) i have seen some reports about "the thread > being blocked for more than 120 seconds". > > Only resolution i found is a restart. > > Is this a known issue?
It's not known to me. Please use 'reportbug' to send a bug report. Also send a bug report to the upstream developers, following instructions at <http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Bug_Report>. Let us know where that goes, so we can track it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings When in doubt, use brute force. - Ken Thompson
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