Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-13 Thread George N. White III
On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 00:09, Tim via users wrote: > Samuel Sieb: > >> That's not the kernel causing the disconnect. This is a message > >> from the kernel saying that the device disconnected and then > >> reconnected. > > ITwrx: > > Right. Like when the cable is going bad, or the device itself

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread Tim via users
Samuel Sieb: >> That's not the kernel causing the disconnect. This is a message >> from the kernel saying that the device disconnected and then >> reconnected. ITwrx: > Right. Like when the cable is going bad, or the device itself is > failing. And the connectors... If the connection feels in t

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread ITwrx
On 10/12/20 4:47 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > 3. Tried the web camera plugged in another USB port, and all works fine; > > 4. Tried to use the "problematic" USB port for backuping on an > external disk, and all worked fine. > > I believe that I had not run into the reported problem because only > recent

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread Paul Smith
Thanks to all who have tried to help me. Let me report the results of all experiments I have done up to now: 1. Tried with all kernels installed on my machine, but with no success; 2. Tried with GNOME instead of XFCE, but again with no success; 3. Tried the web camera plugged in another USB por

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread Roger Heflin
Try disabling the mtp-probe udev, that has been causing others usb devices to act up. The mtp-probe rule is badly written, it has an explicit list of devices that are mtp-devices, but even if something is not in that list it still tries to probe certain devices and those devices do not support wha

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread ITwrx
On 10/12/20 1:40 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > That's not the kernel causing the disconnect.  This is a message from > the kernel saying that the device disconnected and then reconnected. Right. Like when the cable is going bad, or the device itself is failing. This exact thing happened to me (many dis

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread ITwrx
On 10/12/20 1:36 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > According to the new logs (with a different kernel), the reason is > that the kernel keeps disconnecting usb. Maybe a kernel issue. if it was working a few weeks ago (for instance) and you use a kernel that was in use a few weeks ago, and it still doesn't w

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/12/20 11:36 AM, Paul Smith wrote: According to the new logs (with a different kernel), the reason is that the kernel keeps disconnecting usb. Maybe a kernel issue. Oct 12 19:03:11 new-host kernel: usb 1-8: USB disconnect, device number 8 Oct 12 19:03:11 new-hos

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread Paul Smith
Thanks again, According to the new logs (with a different kernel), the reason is that the kernel keeps disconnecting usb. Maybe a kernel issue. Paul Oct 12 19:03:11 new-host kernel: usb 1-8: USB disconnect, device number 8 Oct 12 19:03:11 new-host kernel: usb 1-8: ne

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread ITwrx
On 10/12/20 12:34 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > Oct 12 18:33:54 new-host kernel: uvcvideo: Failed to initialize entity > for entity 6 it looks like the trouble may start further up as noted above. You could always install another Desktop Environment and log in there to rule out LDM, XFCE, etc. Also, i e

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread Paul Smith
Actually, it appears to be a kernel issue. Paul On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 6:34 PM Paul Smith wrote: > > Thanks, ITwrx and George. It appears to be related to Thunar (XFCE), > according to the logs below. > > Paul > > Oct 12 18:33:54 new-host kernel: usb 1-8: USB discon

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread Paul Smith
Thanks, ITwrx and George. It appears to be related to Thunar (XFCE), according to the logs below. Paul Oct 12 18:33:54 new-host kernel: usb 1-8: USB disconnect, device number 26 Oct 12 18:33:54 new-host kernel: usb 1-8: new high-speed USB device number 27 using xhci_hc

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread ITwrx
On 10/12/20 10:01 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > I have a web camera, which has worked perfectly on Fedora 32. However, > recently, it only works intermittently on Skype. Intriguily, if I plug > it into a different USB port, the web camera works with no problem. > Any ideas? > > Thanks in ad

Re: Web camera works intermittently as for recently

2020-10-12 Thread George N. White III
On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 12:02, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > I have a web camera, which has worked perfectly on Fedora 32. However, > recently, it only works intermittently on Skype. Intriguily, if I plug > it into a different USB port, the web camera works with no problem. > Any ideas? > Sky