The Genius Eye 310 webcam is not recognized by kernel Previously reported: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1046608 dmesg message: [121.851412] usb 5-1: new full-speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd lsusb message: Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0c45:6027 Microdia -- What I expected to happen A device on /dev/video0, accessible for applications using webcam --What happened /dev/video0 does not exist, gspca (2.14) does not seem to know how to operate the device, and ignores it. Compiling the gspca driver in version 2.15.18 does not recognize it, but the camera "works" with the driver partially sonixb (sonix RGB) (which does not belong) The camera SHOULD work with the driver compiled sonixj (sonix jpeg), but does not really work: 1. adding the line in sonixj.c and compiling: {USB_DEVICE(0x0c45, 0x6027), BS(SN9C105, OV7660)},/* Genius Eye 310 */ 2. the driver recognizes all without problems ... dmesg: [14095.652262] usb 1-3.2: new full-speed USB device number 12 using ehci_hcd [14095.767862] gspca_main: v2.15.18 registered [14095.768522] gspca_main: sonixj-2.15.18 probing 0c45:6027 [14095.769254] gspca_sonixj: Sonix chip id: 10 [14095.769289] usbcore: registered new interface driver sonixj ... but no device in /dev/video*
In Launchpad thread: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1046608 appear "this bug are resolved"
The patch at: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/119688505/sonixb.diff Should be submitted, with author's Signed-off-by: to linux-media@vger.kernel.org, for its addition at the upstream kernel.
A patch referencing this bug report has been merged in Linux v3.8-rc1: commit f72c77a02fee184a376344328d18bcfdce740792 Author: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Date: Sun Nov 4 17:12:10 2012 -0300 [media] gspca-sonixb: Add USB-id for Genius Eye 310