[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI experience so far & question

[Carlos Almeida]

  On 10/12/10 05:59 PM, Bob Hoekstra wrote:
>   On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:23:00 -0400 Albert Lee<trisk at opensolaris.org>
> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:51 AM, Bob Hoekstra<bob.hoekstra at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>> <trim>
>> I wanted to ask if anyone has any experience with the Acer Crystal Eye
>>> webcam. This is built into my Laptop (Acer Aspire 5735) and has never
> worked
>>> with OpenSolaris. I have googled some users who have got it working with
>>> Linux. It's a nice-to-have, and before I spend days on a fruitless
> search,
>>> perhaps there is someone who knows more than I about this. Any
>>> comments/advice welcome.
>>>
>> Can you provide info about this webcam from 'echo ::prtusb | sudo mdb
>> -k'? The Acer Crystal Eye in my Aspire One works perfectly, as it is a
>> standard USB video class device.
>>
>> -Albert
> Thanks for the response Albert. This is what I get:
>
> root at breeze [/root] echo ::prtusb | mdb -k
> INDEX   DRIVER      INST  NODE            VID.PID     PRODUCT
> 1       ehci        0     pci1025,176     0000.0000   No Product String
> 2       ehci        1     pci1025,176     0000.0000   No Product String
> 3       uhci        0     pci1025,176     0000.0000   No Product String
> 4       uhci        1     pci1025,176     0000.0000   No Product String
> 5       uhci        2     pci1025,176     0000.0000   No Product String
> 6       uhci        3     pci1025,176     0000.0000   No Product String
> 7       uhci        4     pci1025,176     0000.0000   No Product String
> 8       uhci        5     pci1025,176     0000.0000   No Product String
> 9       scsa2usb    0     storage         0bda.0158   USB2.0-CRW
> a       scsa2usb    5     storage         18a5.0216   Desktop USB Drive
> b       usb_mid     1     device          046d.c51b   USB Receiver
> c       usb_mid     0     miscellaneous   5986.0105   Acer Crystal Eye
> webcam
>
> I also note on boot up it is recognised as an "audio device"! I get lines
> like this in messages:
> Oct 12 17:34:17 breeze usba: [ID 349649 kern.notice]     USB Audio Device
> Acer Crystal Eye webcam
> Is that normal?
>
> Interestingly, I can access the webcam from a Windows VirtualBox VM, and it
> seems to behave normally, so obviously the hardware itself is OK.
>
> Perhaps take this to email between us? I doubt the rest of the readers are
> overly excited about this. I can always post something if we/I find the
> solution.
>
> Bob
>
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as far I remember driver "usbvc" will be loaded  due to class name on 
uvc compliant devices, by "usbia,classe" entry on /etc/driver_aliases.  
maybe that model is not fully compatible or not have  uvc class name , 
eg for my logitech 9000:

root at hydra:~# prtconf -v | grep "usbvc"
                                 value='NAME= usbvc0 Power' + '0=USB D3 
State' + '3=USB D0 State'
                                 
dev_path=/pci at 0,0/pci1297,5104 at 1d,7/hub at 5/miscellaneous at 2/video at 0:usbvc

if is a class name issue maybe that device is not fully compatible,  but 
if it is listed as a uvc compliant, you can try attach by device id with:

# update_drv -a -i "<your camera device id>" usbvc

Regards,
Carlos Almeida,