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mrbug

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Registered: 2007-07-17

Posts: 221

sonixj webcam

I just received a webcam. dmesg reports it as a sonixj webcam:

usb 6-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 6-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
gspca: probing 0c45:612a
sonixj: Sonix chip id: 12
gspca: probe ok

It looks like the appropriate modules are loaded. I can see a bunch of junk if I do a quick cat /dev/video0, but it doesn't seem to work in any programs like cheese. The programs all see the camera, but I'm not able to find any valid video modes. The "standard" or "resolution" fields in the webcam program configuration is disabled as well.

Has anyone else had any success with one of these cameras? The retail name is "Emtec VOIP Kit Starter"....

Well... xawtv works, but I can only get it to work in very dark b&w. Weird.

Last edited by mrbug (2008-11-15 03:09:46)

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grandmasterb

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 26

Re: sonixj webcam

i have similar problem with similar camera sonixb;/
i need to load module gspca_sonixb

bash-3.2# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 09da:000e A4 Tech Co., Ltd
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:6028 Microdia
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001

bash-3.2#dmesg
gspca: main v2.2.0 registered
usbcore: registered new interface driver sonixb
sonixb: registered
usb 1-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

all i see is garbage in cheese and skype;/ i think that this drivers are broken in 2.6.27 kernel because in 2.6.26 they worked (very dark - not usable)

you can look in this topic http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56774 but this solution doesn't work for me

Last edited by grandmasterb (2008-11-16 12:34:09)

mrbug

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Registered: 2007-07-17

Posts: 221

Re: sonixj webcam

The advice in that post made the camera work in all programs, BUT it was still in very dark B&W.

I'm going to assume that it's a kernel bug for now. I'll wait and see what happens in a few revisions.

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dvdtube - download all uploads from a YouTube user and then optionally create a DVD.
(Regular version AUR link / SVN version AUR link)