I tried:
"Upgrading libv4l-0 to from 0.5.0-3~intrepid1 to 0.5.3-1~dooz1 (found in
https://launchpad.net/~lool/+archive), then unloading and loading
uvcvideo (sudo modprobe -r uvcvideo && sudo modprobe uvcvideo), made
cheese and skype work without needed any preloading or other hacks."
Did not wor
Further to above:
dmesg gives:
[ 18.827471] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 18.913610] zc0301: V4L2 driver for ZC0301[P] Image Processor and Control
Chip v1:1.10
[ 18.914292] usb 3-2: ZC0301[P] Image Processor and Control Chip detected
(vid/pid 0x0AC8:0x303B)
[ 18.994919] usb 3-2
I am an idiot! When I re-built v4l for the gspca_zc3xx driver I did not
do it properly the first time and it re-built it with the ZC0301 driver.
Now I have done it properly skype now works OK without any hacks (having
previously installed 0.5.3-1~dooz1 as above. Thanks for the comments
here from ev
I followed the procedure pointed to above:
"Fabian, the bug you have is not entirely based on the libv4l issue. First of
all you have to get rid of zc0301 to be able to use gspca_zc3xx, and then apply
LD_PRELOAD=v4
it is not enough to blacklist, you have to compile a new version of gspca
see
To be even more specific, I only did the first part above because my
webcam (ZC0301-based chip) is not supported by the currently distributed
gscpa. From my reading of it, most webcams would not need this stage.
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needed: libv4l and associated application patches (or "gspca stopped working in
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