sp2208wfp webcam: anyone succeeded?

Sat Feb 16 01:47:34 UTC 2008

Hello,
I have the Dell monitor in subject with an integrated webcam.

lsusb gives:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 15c2:ffdc SoundGraph Inc. iMON PAD Remote Controller
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05a9:2643 OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:2512 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c504 Logitech, Inc. Cordless Mouse+Keyboard
Receiver
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

I'm using fedora 8 with kernel 2.6.23.15-137.fc8
I found docs about support in ov51x-jpeg kernel module.
I compiled and installed kernel module for ov51x-jpeg, version 1.5.6
In my xorg.xonf I have
Section "Module"
  Load         "dri"
  Load         "v4l"
  Load         "extmod"
  Load         "freetype"
  Load         "glx"
  Load         "GLcore"
  Load         "type1"
  Load         "dbe"
  Load         "vbe"
EndSection

when I make a modprobe ov51x-jpeg I get in /var/log/messages
Feb 16 02:37:30 tekkaman kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver
ov51x
Feb 16 02:37:30 tekkaman kernel: /home/gcecchi/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.6/ov51x-
jpeg-core.c: 1.5.6 : ov51x USB Camera Driver

But the camera led still remains off
the /dev/video0 device was not created automatically, but also creating it
manually as
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 81, 0 2008-02-16 02:33 /dev/video0

lsmod gives
Module                  Size  Used by
ov51x_jpeg            141560  0
videodev               28097  1 ov51x_jpeg
v4l2_common            18625  1 videodev
v4l1_compat            15941  1 videodev
ipt_MASQUERADE          6721  1
iptable_nat             9669  1
nf_nat                 18669  2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4      11717  3 iptable_nat
xt_state                6081  1
nf_conntrack           51977  5
ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state
nfnetlink               8281  3 nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack
ipt_REJECT              7617  2
xt_tcpudp               6977  4
iptable_filter          6465  1
ip_tables              14213  2 iptable_nat,iptable_filter
x_tables               14277  6
ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,xt_state,ipt_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
bridge                 47193  0
autofs4                20421  2
sunrpc                140765  1
cpufreq_ondemand       10317  2
acpi_cpufreq           12365  0
dm_mirror              21697  0
dm_multipath           18249  0
dm_mod                 46465  2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath
ipv6                  245989  14
kvm_intel              21333  0
kvm                    56821  1 kvm_intel
snd_hda_intel         274529  0
snd_seq_dummy           6725  0
snd_seq_oss            29889  0
snd_seq_midi_event      9793  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                44849  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_usb_audio          75329  1
snd_pcm_oss            37569  0
snd_usb_lib            17345  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_mixer_oss          16705  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_rawmidi            21185  1 snd_usb_lib
snd_pcm                63685  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss
firewire_ohci          19137  0
snd_seq_device         10061  4
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
firewire_core          36737  1 firewire_ohci
fglrx                1467468  22
snd_timer              20549  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
crc_itu_t               6081  1 firewire_core
snd_page_alloc         11337  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep              10309  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio
i2c_i801               12112  0
pcspkr                  6593  0
snd                    43461  13
snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
i2c_core               21825  1 i2c_i801
button                 10449  0
serio_raw               9029  0
e1000e                 86757  0
iTCO_wdt               13797  0
soundcore               9633  1 snd
iTCO_vendor_support     7109  1 iTCO_wdt
lirc_imon              17605  0
lirc_dev               15237  1 lirc_imon
sr_mod                 17509  0
sg                     31965  0
cdrom                  33889  1 sr_mod
pata_marvell            8385  0
ahci                   22853  3
libata                100401  2 pata_marvell,ahci
sd_mod                 27329  4
scsi_mod              120013  4 sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod
ext3                  110665  2
jbd                    52457  1 ext3
mbcache                10177  1 ext3
uhci_hcd               23633  0
ohci_hcd               21445  0
ehci_hcd               31821  0

I don't get any webcam application to work. Tried with ekiga, mplayer and
skype 2.0.43 beta.
for example:
[gcecchi at tekkaman ~]$ mplayer tv:// -tv
driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU            @ 3.00GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15,
Stepping: 9)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
control.

Playing tv://.
TV file format detected.
Selected driver: v4l
 name: Video 4 Linux input
 author: Alex Beregszaszi
 comment: under development
unable to open '/dev/video0': No such device

Exiting... (End of file)

ekiga and skype say no device found...
Any hints to get it work?
Thanks in advance,
Gianluca
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