[cpia] Problem: USB / TerraCam]

[Rob]

On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, David Murn wrote:

> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 01:28:20 +1100 (EST)
> From: David Murn <davey@doa.org>
> To: Robert Hennig <matricz@macht.xmldesign.de>
> Cc: cpia@risc.uni-linz.ac.at
> Subject: Re: [cpia] Problem: USB / TerraCam]
> 
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Robert Hennig wrote:
> 
> > So, the problem: The webcam might be disconnected without any reason
> > and reconnected by the uhci-module. The light at the camp is for a
> > moment off/on. Then the application, like xawtv gqcam and so on, tells
> > me /dev/video doesn't exists. This happens every time in an 30second
> > till 3min random intervall.
> 
> I've gotten these errors too, but normally I find if I just restart the
> app a couple of times, it comes back.  So its a reproducable problem.
> 

I know. Thats because the video4linux-dev is restarted and maybe the app
is checking out what of the /dev/videoX is connected. But I think it sucks
to have to restarting the app a couple of times till it works again.
Doesn't there any resolution for this?

greets,
robert