[Bug 308825] [NEW] Webcam Z-Star 305b doesn't work in Ubuntu

Wed Dec 17 02:57:01 UTC 2008

Public bug reported:

My webcam Z-Star 305b was supposed to work out of the box, but it
doesn't work in gutsy, hard or intrepid.

I've read lots of threads and tried some suggestions, but
unsuccessfully.

At present, I'm using intrepid i386 with kernel 2.6.27-9-generic.

lsmod |grep gspca output is:

gspca_zc3xx            55936  0 
gspca_main             29312  1 gspca_zc3xx
videodev               41344  1 gspca_main
usbcore               148848  9 gspca_zc3xx,gspca_main,usblp,usbhid,usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

lsusb output is:

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0e8f:0003 GreenAsia Inc. 
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0ac8:305b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0305 WebCam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

I've tried the suggestions as follow:

1. Compiling gspca-source from the official repository. My outputs were:

root at paulo-desktop:/home/paulo# m-a prepare
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.27-9-generic
Cabeçalhos de kernel disponíveis em /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic
Criando ligação simbólica ...
apt-get install build-essential 
E: Não foi possível obter trava /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Recurso temporariamente indisponível)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Feito !

root at paulo-desktop:/home/paulo# m-a a-i gspca

Informações sobre 1 pacotes atualizadas
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.27-9-generic
Cabeçalhos de kernel disponíveis em /usr/src/linux
Criando ligação simbólica ...
Não foi possível criar a ligação simbólica /usr/src/linux !
apt-get install build-essential 
E: Não foi possível obter trava /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Recurso temporariamente indisponível)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Feito !
unpack 
Extracting the package tarball, /usr/src/gspca.tar.bz2, please wait...
"/usr/share/modass/overrides/gspca-source" build KVERS=2.6.27-9-generic KSRC=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic KDREV=2.6.27-9.19 kdist_image

This was the log file output:

 /usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c:2769: error: implicit declaration of
 │ function ‘video_device_create_file’
 │ /usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c:2780: error: implicit declaration of
 │ function ‘video_device_remove_file’
 │ /usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_probe’:
 │ /usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c:4301: error: incompatible types in
 │ assignment
 │ make[4]: ** [/usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.o] Erro 1
 │ make[3]: ** [_module_/usr/src/modules/gspca] Erro 2
 │ make[3]: Saindo do diretório `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic'
 │ make[2]: ** [default] Erro 2
 │ make[2]: Saindo do diretório `/usr/src/modules/gspca'
 │ make[1]: ** [binary-modules] Erro 2
 │ make[1]: Saindo do diretório `/usr/src/modules/gspca'
 │ make: ** [kdist_build] Erro 2

2. Downloading and installing gspcav* from the developer's website (I've tried all versions with the same error messages):

root at paulo-desktop:/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224# ./gspca_build

 REMOVE the old module if present
ERROR: Module gspca does not exist in /proc/modules

 CLEAN gspca source tree
rm -r -f *.o decoder/.gspcadecoder.o.cmd decoder/*.o \
	.gspca.o.cmd  *.o *.ko *.mod.* .[a-z]* core *.i \
	*.symvers *.err

 COMPILE gspca Please Wait ....!!

 INSTALL gspca in the kernel binary tree
mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/spca5xx.ko
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca.ko
install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
install: impossível fazer stat em `gspca.ko': Arquivo ou diretório inexistente
make: ** [install] Erro 1

 LOAD gspca in memory 
FATAL: Module gspca not found.

 PRINT COMPILATION MESSAGES if ERRORS look kgspca.err 
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224 CC=cc modules
make[1]: Entrando no diretório `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic'
  CC [M]  /usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:54:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: Arquivo ou diretório inexistente
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_ioctl’:
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2463: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_usercopy’
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: At top level:
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609: error: unknown field ‘owner’ specified in initializer
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2611: error: unknown field ‘type’ specified in initializer
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca50x_create_sysfs’:
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2769: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_create_file’
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2780: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_remove_file’
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_probe’:
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:4301: error: incompatible types in assignment
make[2]: ** [/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o] Erro 1
make[1]: ** [_module_/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224] Erro 2
make[1]: Saindo do diretório `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic'
make: ** [default] Erro 2

3. Lastly, I tried the 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so' trick
available in another bug report. In this case, the output were:

paulo at paulo-desktop:~$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so camorama

(camorama:10580): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated
libv4l2: error dequeuing buf: Erro de entrada/saída

What else could I do to have my webcam ok? I've also tried cheese,
camstream and camE.

I know I'm not a linux expert, but I'm not a newbie too. Am I doing
anything wrong?

I would appreciate any help, because I'm completely lost. :-(

Thanks in advance!

** Affects: gspca (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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