The current version of usb-pwc-re in portage (20061023.042702-r1) has some bugs. The bug I came across does not allow webcams to be used with Flash. I updated to the latest snapshot for today (20070524.042701) and I no longer experience this bug. The only change that needs to be made to the ebuild is that in src_unpack() the config.h.patch should no longer be applied. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
Anyone in video has this hardware? Fixed some 'qa' issues for bug 174751 and bug 174752 but they still seem like a mess, we should dump version supporting 2.4 kernels and clean up all them to use linux-mod.eclass.. And bump this. I'll do that, if no response comes here in coming days.. weeks or so.
(In reply to comment #0) > The current version of usb-pwc-re in portage (20061023.042702-r1) has some > bugs. The bug I came across does not allow webcams to be used with Flash. I > updated to the latest snapshot for today (20070524.042701) and I no longer > experience this bug. > > The only change that needs to be made to the ebuild is that in src_unpack() the > config.h.patch should no longer be applied. > > Reproducible: Always Please let us known which kernel sources you were using.
Regarding the original version bump request - is there any special reason that prevents you from just using the driver that is shipped with current linux kernels?
Kernel: Linux A8 2.6.21-gentoo-r2 #3 SMP PREEMPT Sun May 27 20:10:59 ADT 2007 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux I have not used the in kernel version of this driver because I have always had problems with it. I have always gotten a gray screen instead of the expected video. I also don't know how up to date the version in the kernel is which is important because the whole point of this bug is to get a version of the driver which is up to date and has certain bugs fixed. I can try the in kernel versions later tonight, if you think that would be helpful, to see if there has been any changes in behavior but I have a feeling I will get my usual results.
(In reply to comment #4) [...] > I can try the in kernel > versions later tonight, if you think that would be helpful, to see if there has > been any changes in behavior but I have a feeling I will get my usual results. Hm, I thought that question was implying that you would try - yes, please do so and re-open with the results.
In kernel version of this driver works for me using gentoo-sources 2.6.22. Is there much need for the separate package in portage now (particularly if it does not work as well as the in kernel version)?
