** Description changed: My webcam is detected by the system and can be found by the v4l2 driver in ekiga (i.e. it works in ekiga). But when I open Cheese, it prompts "Unable to find a webcam, SORRY!". This is a Thinkpad T43 266871U. The system is Ubuntu Gusty, kernel: 2.6.22-12-generic. + + Steps to solve this problem: + sudo apt-get install gspca-source + sudo m-a prepare + sudo m-a a-i gspca + and ever run left each reboot: + sudo rmmod zc0301 + sudo rmmod gspca + sudo modprobe gspca + ### lsusb ### Bus 005 Device 002: ID 050d:0218 Belkin Components Bus 005 Device 004: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouse Bus 005 Device 005: ID 0d49:3200 Maxtor Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 007: ID 0ac8:301b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0301 WebCam Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 ### dmesg ### [ 2502.084000] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7 [ 2502.280000] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 2502.448000] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 [ 2502.488000] zc0301: V4L2 driver for ZC0301[P] Image Processor and Control Chip v1:1.07 [ 2502.488000] usb 2-2: ZC0301[P] Image Processor and Control Chip detected (vid/pid 0x0AC8:0x301B) [ 2502.564000] usb 2-2: PB-0330 image sensor detected [ 2502.976000] usb 2-2: Initialization succeeded [ 2502.976000] usb 2-2: V4L2 device registered as /dev/video0 [ 2502.976000] usbcore: registered new interface driver zc0301 [ 2502.992000] usbcore: registered new interface driver gspca [ 2502.992000] /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-2.6.22/debian/build/build-generic/media/gspcav1/gspca_core.c: gspca driver 01.00.12 registered ### Output when running Cheese ### ** Message: Probing the webcam, please ignore the following, not applicabable tries ** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4l2src ! fakesink': Could not negotiate format [gstbasesrc.c(2062): gst_base_src_start (): /pipeline0/v4l2src0: Check your filtered caps, if any] ** Message: test pipeline for v4l2src failed: [v4l2src ! fakesink]: Could not negotiate format ** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=640,height=480 ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline1/v4lsrc0: error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0] ** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed: [v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=640,height=480 ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource. ** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=640,height=480 ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline2/v4lsrc1: error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0] ** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed: [v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=640,height=480 ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource. ** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=320,height=240 ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline3/v4lsrc2: error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0] ** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed: [v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=320,height=240 ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource. ** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=1280,height=960 ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline4/v4lsrc3: error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0] ** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed: [v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=1280,height=960 ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource. ** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=174,height=144 ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline5/v4lsrc4: error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0] ** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed: [v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=174,height=144 ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource. ** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=160,height=120 ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline6/v4lsrc5: error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0] ** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed: [v4lsrc ! video/x-raw-rgb,width=160,height=120 ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource. ** Message: Error running pipeline 'v4lsrc ! fakesink': Could not get/set settings from/on resource. [v4l_calls.c(89): gst_v4l_get_capabilities (): /pipeline7/v4lsrc6: error getting capabilities Invalid argument of from device /dev/video0] ** Message: test pipeline for v4lsrc failed: [v4lsrc ! fakesink]: Could not get/set settings from/on resource. using source: videotestsrc
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