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Registered: 2006-02-10

Posts: 386

sn9c1XX webcam doesn't work

I've had this USB webcam as a gift for a long time (1 yr+) and decided to finally get it working with Skype. It's an unknown brand made in China. After instertion, dmesg will give the following output:

 usb 3-5: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
usb 3-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
sn9c102: V4L2 driver for SN9C1xx PC Camera Controllers v1:1.47pre49
usb 3-5: SN9C120 PC Camera Controller detected (vid:pid 0x0C45:0x6130)
usb 3-5: No supported image sensor detected for this bridge
usbcore: registered new interface driver sn9c102

and no /dev/videoN device will be created
'lsusb' list it as

Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0c45:6130 Microdia PC Camera (SN9C120)

I've done quite a bit of googling and found no particualarly helpful information. One thing I tried was to download the lastest gspca driver (gspca-5a9a52f1277e.tar.bz2) and compile it. But it complains about some missing headers such as dma.h.

Any information is appreciated. If I have to buy a new one it's fine too. These things are not so expensive. But getting it working would give me more satisfaction and of course keep the wife happy as well. :-)

Thanks,

netmanny

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Registered: 2008-05-13

Posts: 41

Re: sn9c1XX webcam doesn't work

maybe this helps
some solutions

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=69970