Phillips web cam breaks both install and boot
John Bray
jmblin at comcast.net
Thu Jun 16 07:05:39 UTC 2005
i first ran into this with the install. i would see a message about
disabling one irq and then everything hung. 14 thousand tries later i
noticed that in the bios that irq was related to one of the usb devices.
i unplugged my logitech 4000 webcam, and my APC ups from the usb
connector, and suddenly the install went right on with no problems.
then, i ran into this just now during a reboot.
i rebooted. during the startup, it said configuring hardware, and then
that was it.
sorry -- i didn't write it down and at that point you can't copy and
paste! :-(
so. when i unplugged the cam, the boot went right on.
just like the install.
later when i cranked up motion to monitor that cam, i get the following
from pwc in syslog:
Jun 15 22:42:40 junior kernel: pwc Failed to set LED on/off time.
Jun 15 22:42:40 junior kernel: pwc Failed to allocate decompress table.
Jun 15 22:42:40 junior motion: [1] Failed to open video
device /dev/video2: Cannot allocate memory
i have no clues. anyone have a take on this? certainly can't go around
and unplug the cam every time i need to reboot.
BTW, this is a system that worked in FC1-FC2-FC3 with no problems.
alexander dalloz! WHAT is the answer, oh one of great
knowlege ????????? :-)
john
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