[cpia] Problems with parallel port camera

Claudio Matsuoka claudio@helllabs.org
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:07:16 -0200 (BRST)


What is the usual suspect for this kind of error for a parallel port
camera? w3cam works at random and usually claims to be unable to open
/dev/video.

The test page is at http://helllabs.org/webcam.


Feb  7 20:59:21 dexter kernel: cpia.c(2874425):fetch_frame(2142):retry=2
Feb  7 20:59:21 dexter kernel: cpia_pp.c(2874425):ForwardSetup(849):Unable to negotiate ECP mode
Feb  7 20:59:21 dexter kernel: cpia_pp.c(2874425):WritePacket(1095):Write failed in setup
Feb  7 20:59:21 dexter kernel: cpia_pp.c(2874425):cpia_pp_transferCmd(1315):Error writing command
Feb  7 20:59:21 dexter kernel: cpia.c(2874425):do_command(1647):40ca - failed, retval=-5


claudio