From chris@black-sun.co.uk Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:16:18 +0100 Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:16:18 +0100 From: Chris Jones chris@black-sun.co.uk Subject: USB driver in kernel 2.3.3 Hi I notice on your website that the usb driver for the webcam has made it into 2.3.3. I have just one question, how on earth do I activate it? I have switched on USB in the BIOS, now what do I do to get the webcam working?! I've also tried 2.3.5 and it still doesnt mention the cam! --- Chris Jones Black-Sun Software chris@black-sun.co.uk www.black-sun.co.uk Team *AMiGA* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From eiden@biz-worms.de Mon, 07 Jun 1999 12:44:42 +0200 Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 12:44:42 +0200 From: Markus Eiden eiden@biz-worms.de Subject: USB driver in kernel 2.3.3 Chris Jones wrote: > > Hi > > I notice on your website that the usb driver for the webcam has made it > into 2.3.3. I have just one question, how on earth do I activate it? I have > switched on USB in the BIOS, now what do I do to get the webcam working?! > > I've also tried 2.3.5 and it still doesnt mention the cam! > If you got any answers, would you please forward them to me? Thanks, Markus -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Markus Eiden http://www.eiden.de/ Berufsbildende Schule 1, Worms http://bbs1.biz-worms.de/ Bildungsserver Rheinland-Pfalz http://bildung-rp.de/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From jerdfelt@sventech.com Tue, 8 Jun 1999 19:29:49 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 19:29:49 -0400 From: Johannes Erdfelt jerdfelt@sventech.com Subject: USB driver in kernel 2.3.3 On Fri, Jun 04, 1999, Chris Jones wrote: > I notice on your website that the usb driver for the webcam has made it > into 2.3.3. I have just one question, how on earth do I activate it? I have > switched on USB in the BIOS, now what do I do to get the webcam working?! > > I've also tried 2.3.5 and it still doesnt mention the cam! Caution, the driver is very Alpha and as such is very buggy. In fact, it really doesn't like it when you have things other than the camera plugged in :) To get it working, you need to modify the drivers/usb/Config.in file and add this line near the end (but before the fi!) bool 'USB CPiA based camera' CONFIG_USB_CPIA Then run make menuconfig (or your kernel configurator of choice), go to USB drivers and select the CPiA driver. Then compile the kernel, don't forget to enable Video 4 Linux support as well! JE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From chris@black-sun.co.uk Wed, 9 Jun 1999 07:08:51 +0100 Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 07:08:51 +0100 From: Chris Jones chris@black-sun.co.uk Subject: USB driver in kernel 2.3.3 Hi > Caution, the driver is very Alpha and as such is very buggy. In fact, it > really doesn't like it when you have things other than the camera > plugged in :) That's ok, I dont have any other USB devices :) > Then run make menuconfig (or your kernel configurator of choice), go to > USB drivers and select the CPiA driver. Then compile the kernel, don't > forget to enable Video 4 Linux support as well! How will it work if I have other v4l devices? I currently use the kernel bttv driver with my WinTV card. Is this likely to cause any problems? Can v4l handle multiple devices? Cheers, --- Chris Jones Black-Sun Software chris@black-sun.co.uk www.black-sun.co.uk Team *AMiGA* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From bokvamme@errors.no Thu, 10 Jun 1999 20:03:31 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 20:03:31 +0200 (CEST) From: bokvamme@errors.no bokvamme@errors.no Subject: How to get Creative WebCam II USB to work with kernel 2.3.5 How to get Creative Video Blaster WebCam II USB (CPiA) to work with kernel 2.3.5 - Enable Video For Linux II as a module - Enable USB and CPiA as modules - Compile kernel/modules - Make device (mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0, ln -s /dev/video0 /dev/video) - Insmod usbcore, usb-uchi, videodev, cpia Get and compile W3Cam and run vidcat > file.jpg If vidcat "hangs" disconnect/connect camera. -bgk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From rhs@inka.de Sun, 13 Jun 1999 00:12:11 +0200 Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 00:12:11 +0200 From: Ralf Sauther rhs@inka.de Subject: Webcam II with PPort Hello, well i would like to know the state of the parallelport driver for the webcam2. I tried to use this cam with NT4, but the driver seems to be too buggy for regular daily usage. Thanks alot. Ralf -- Ralf Sauther -- rhs@inka.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From mithrandir@brainbug.uni-paderborn.de Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:15:55 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:15:55 +0200 (CEST) From: Juergen Loeb mithrandir@brainbug.uni-paderborn.de Subject: Webcam II with PPort Hi, is there presently any possibility to get the creative labs webcam II (parport) to work with any kernel-version? If so, how? Thanks bye mithrandir ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From eiden@biz-worms.de Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:27:20 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:27:20 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Eiden (BBS1) eiden@biz-worms.de Subject: How to get Creative WebCam II USB to work with kernel 2.3.5 Hi, I try to get the Creative Video Blaster WebCAm II USB running. > How to get Creative Video Blaster WebCam II USB (CPiA) to work with kernel > 2.3.5 > > - Enable Video For Linux II as a module How? I did not find any option to enable v4l2 with "make menuconfig" and the "out of the stock" 2.3.5-kernel. > - Enable USB and CPiA as modules Again: There is no option to select CPiA. What did I do wrong? Markus ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From bokvamme@errors.no Tue, 22 Jun 1999 18:56:37 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 18:56:37 +0200 (CEST) From: bokvamme@errors.no bokvamme@errors.no Subject: How to get Creative WebCam II USB to work with kernel 2.3.5 > - Enable Video For Linux II as a module How? I did not find any option > to enable v4l2 with "make menuconfig" and the "out of the stock" > 2.3.5-kernel. make menuconfig, select Enter Character Devices and Video For Linux. > Again: There is no option to select CPiA. What did I do wrong? Modify the drivers/usb/Config.in file and a line near the end (but before the fi!) dep_tristate 'USB CPiA based camera' CONFIG_USB_CPIA $CONFIG_USB Then run make menuconfig, go to USB drivers and select the CPiA driver. -bgk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From bas@brijn.nu Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:09:45 +0200 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:09:45 +0200 From: Bas Rijniersce bas@brijn.nu Subject: Current work on the PPC2 Hello, I just bought the WebCam II par.port camera. Bas Huisman's driver for it works, but is not really complete :) I understood from Bas that he has little time at the moment to work on it. Is there somebody else working on the code? TIA, Bas ---- Bas Rijniersce Phone +31 341 550545 Oude Telgterweg 81 Fax +31 341 562940 3851 EA Ermelo http://www.brijn.nu The Netherlands bas@brijn.nu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From Jarl.Totland@bdc.no Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:17:13 +0200 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:17:13 +0200 From: Jarl Totland Jarl.Totland@bdc.no Subject: Current work on the PPC2 Hello Bas R. At 24.06.1999 14:09 +0200, Bas Rijniersce wrote: >I just bought the WebCam II par.port camera. Bas Huisman's driver for it >works, but is not really complete :) I understood from Bas that he has >little time at the moment to work on it. >Is there somebody else working on the code? I don't think so. Bas H. sent me the code, but apart from taking a printout with me on the bus one day I haven't had time to do anything with it. Noone else seems to have taken an interest in doing so either. I'm sure he'd be happy to help out any willing volunteers though. Vyrdsamt, Jarl Totland http://home.eunet.no/~jtotland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From vidar@prosalg.no Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:20:41 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:20:41 +0200 (MET DST) From: Vidar Madsen vidar@prosalg.no Subject: Current work on the PPC2 > I just bought the WebCam II par.port camera. Bas Huisman's driver for it > works, but is not really complete :) I understood from Bas that he has > little time at the moment to work on it. > Is there somebody else working on the code? Not that I know of (but then again, I'm not the one to know ;-), but if anyone's interested in help with it, I'd be happy to donate some of my time. (With some luck, I'll have my boss' blessing too, as we then could rid ourselves of an NT-box which constantly pukes the snapshots out via FTP. Sort of overkill, I think...) The current News page hasn't been updated for almost a month now, and I for one is quite anxious to see something downloadable happen. ;-) Slightly off-topic, but I'll ask it anyway; Does anyone know any good video editing software for Linux? Using GIMP on a zillion-layered movie file is not an option. ;) Thanks, Vidar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From eiden@biz-worms.de Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:23:41 +0200 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:23:41 +0200 From: Markus Eiden eiden@biz-worms.de Subject: Webcam only BW Hi, after some great help from bokvamme@errors.no I got the Creatix WebCam II/USB running. I put some information down to http://bbs1.biz-worms.de/projekte/Netz/WebCam.phtml There are some problems left: (1) I only get a BW-image (2) The image is very small (3) Can I change the brightness/contrast or is that a job for an image-filter-program? Thanks a lot Markus -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Markus Eiden http://www.eiden.de/ Berufsbildende Schule 1, Worms http://bbs1.biz-worms.de/ Bildungsserver Rheinland-Pfalz http://bildung-rp.de/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From mithrandir@brainbug.uni-paderborn.de Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:38:19 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:38:19 +0200 (CEST) From: Juergen Loeb mithrandir@brainbug.uni-paderborn.de Subject: Current work on the PPC2 On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Bas Rijniersce wrote: > Hello, > > I just bought the WebCam II par.port camera. Bas Huisman's driver for it > works, but is not really complete :) I understood from Bas that he has > little time at the moment to work on it. > Is there somebody else working on the code? > > TIA, > Bas > > ---- > Bas Rijniersce Phone +31 341 550545 > Oude Telgterweg 81 Fax +31 341 562940 > 3851 EA Ermelo http://www.brijn.nu > The Netherlands bas@brijn.nu > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the > body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". > Hi I like to help, but I did not find the code anywhere. Could you send it to me please. Well and perhaps some technical references of the camera. Then I could have a look at it and see if I am able to help... bye mithrandir ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From Jarl.Totland@bdc.no Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:09:04 +0200 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:09:04 +0200 From: Jarl Totland Jarl.Totland@bdc.no Subject: CPiA Parallell port codebase Hello all. It seems the parport development is about to get rolling again, several interested parties today. On request from Bas I will act as a maintainer for the codebase until further notice. The source is now available on the webpage at http://home.eunet.no/~jtotland/vision/, feel free to dive into it. We'll work out the update strategy once someone actually get's anything done, for now send patches etc to me for inclusion in the code. Well... just go get it will you? Vyrdsamt, Jarl Totland http://home.eunet.no/~jtotland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk 24 Jun 1999 21:13:19 +0100 Date: 24 Jun 1999 21:13:19 +0100 From: Nick Holloway Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk Subject: CPiA Parallell port codebase A quick scan of the documentation suggests to me that the actual commands used to control the camera are the same for the USB and PPC2 drivers, and the main difference is the way in which the bytes get shoved about. Does anyone have any thoughts on the following? The code related to the camera could seperated out, and used by both the USB and PPC2 drivers. They would then pass the commands via function pointers in a "struct cpia_driver". This would be in the same way that the "struct tty_driver" defines the interface between the low-level tty driver and the tty routines (see tty_driver.h). This would mean only having to write the code providing the v4l driver (and goodies such as exposure adjustment), deciding what commands to send to the camera, etc would only need to be written once. As an aside, I think an initial target would be a v4l module for the 2.2 kernel, as this provides a much larger set of users (and testers). It could also be added to the 2.3 kernel now. The v4l2 driver could come later. Comments? PS: I bought a Creative WebCam II based purely on the availability of the documentation for the CPiA chipset. The vague promise of a binary only module for the Logitech QuickCam VC was no where near as good. I hope to be able to contribute with code in the future. -- `O O' | Home: Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk http://www.alfie.demon.co.uk/ // ^ \\ | Work: Nick.Holloway@parallax.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From Peter.Pregler@risc.uni-linz.ac.at Fri, 25 Jun 1999 14:33:03 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 14:33:03 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Pregler Peter.Pregler@risc.uni-linz.ac.at Subject: CPiA Parallell port codebase On 24-Jun-99 Jarl Totland wrote: > > Hello all. > > It seems the parport development is about to get rolling again, several > interested parties today. On request from Bas I will act as a maintainer > for the codebase until further notice. The source is now available on > the > webpage at http://home.eunet.no/~jtotland/vision/, feel free to dive > into it. We'll work out the update strategy once someone actually get's > anything done, for now send patches etc to me for inclusion in the code. > > Well... just go get it will you? I'll try to have a look at it over the weekend. I could provide a CVS-server for development. And I think I can convince my boss to do some alpha-testing/debugging as my regular work since we would to use our new cameras under linux (v4l and isabelle :). I'll have to look at the code first to see if I can also do some development. I do speak C but I have never done serious kernel development. But I guess I could help to switch the code to a cpia_driver-interface as suggested in another e-mail. Greetings, Peter ------------------------------- Email: Peter.Pregler@risc.uni-linz.ac.at WWW: http://www.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/people/ppregler ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From Jarl.Totland@bdc.no Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:00:52 +0200 Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:00:52 +0200 From: Jarl Totland Jarl.Totland@bdc.no Subject: Updated parport codebase Just received Bas H's updated codebase for the parport driver. Developers, please base your work on this, and submit patches to me. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From vidar@prosalg.no Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:46:29 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:46:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Vidar Madsen vidar@prosalg.no Subject: cpia-0.2 client weirdness Hi guys. Just a quick note; the wingetdepth() function in x11_2.c in the latest codebase always return 15. Yes, quite trivial to fix, but it had me stumped for a while, wondering what the heck happened. ;) So if your capture looks like aged cheese, and your display is not 15 bpp, you might want to fix it. :) ("return depth;" seems to work nicely, so just delete the first one.) Vidar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From bhuism@cs.utwente.nl Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:13:47 +0200 Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:13:47 +0200 From: Bas Huisman bhuism@cs.utwente.nl Subject: cpia-0.2 client weirdness Vidar Madsen wrote: > Just a quick note; the wingetdepth() function in x11_2.c in the latest > codebase always return 15. Yes, quite trivial to fix, but it had me > stumped for a while, wondering what the heck happened. ;) my fault ... sorry, never been a X hero ... also: see client/README on this. Bas .eeree$$ eee .d$" e$" z$$ J$" . $$" $$% $$ 4 $$F $$P $$..P$$P .ePb... z$$$. J$$ .. """d$$ $$" $$$ .$$ $$%.$$d $$ 4$$".$$P 4$$ .$$% .$$$e$" $$$P $$ .$$%z"$$ e3$$ $$$. ..e="$$$ "$$"*$@ "$$d".$$ *$$" e$P .$$ $$ .$$ bhuism@cs.utwente.nl *$. z$" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mailinglist, send the line "unsubscribe vision-webcam" in the body of a message to "majordomo@errors.no". From rodrigorr@yahoo.com Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:41:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 15:41:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Rodrigo B. rodrigorr@yahoo.com Subject: Newbie modules question Hi! First of all let me thank you for all the efforts you are investing in the development of these drivers, I was really excited to find out that there is work being done for the WebCam II, since I own one myself and have not been able to use it under Linux. So, now to the question: I compiled the sources and tried "insmod module/ppcuscpia.o", and I got the following message: "Warning: kernel-module version mismatch while this kernel is version 2.0.34 module/ppcuscpia.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.9" I am working with libc6-dev 2.1.1-12, which according to the docs (at least in the case of the debian distribution) uses the 2.2.9 kernel headers by default. I don t know how to change this behaviour. I would very much appreciate any help on this matter. 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