[cpia] Much better now, but no 100% success

Claudio Matsuoka claudio@helllabs.org
Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:29:55 -0200 (EDT)


I tested the camera in a Windows box and it worked perfectly. I assumed
the problem was in my parallel port and replaced the cables, and now I
get:


Linux dexter 2.3.40 #1 Tue Jan 25 20:20:53 EDT 2000 i686 unknown

Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: 0x378: FIFO is 16 bytes 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: 0x378: writeIntrThreshold is 16 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: 0x378: readIntrThreshold is 16 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: 0x378: PWord is 8 bits 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: 0x378: Interrupts are ISA-Pulses 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,ECP] 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(10) 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(10) 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: parport0: Multimedia device, VLSI Vision Ltd DUAL Camera 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: V4L-Driver for Vision CPiA based cameras v0.6.0 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter modprobe: can't locate module cpia_pp
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter modprobe: can't locate module cpia_usb
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: Parallel port driver for Vision CPiA based cameras v0.6.0 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: cpia_pp.c(11634):cpia_pp_open(1367):Found camera[0] 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: parport0: ECP direction: reverse 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: cpia.c(11636):goto_low_power(2452):camera now in LOW power state 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: parport0: ECP direction: reverse 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter last message repeated 2 times
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: cpia.c(11648):goto_high_power(2440):camera now in HIGH power state 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: parport0: ECP direction: reverse 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: cpia.c(11650):reset_camera(2586):fatal_error:              0x11 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: cpia.c(11650):reset_camera(2588):vp_status:                0x00 
Jan 26 16:14:49 dexter kernel: cpia_pp.c:cpia_pp_register(1544):failed to cpia_register_camera 


It looks much better now, but it still fails to reset the camera. Any ideas?