Thread: Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0301 Webcam displaying no image

when plug z-star microelectronics corp. zc0301 webcam displays no image.
tested camera on windows virtual machine, , working properly.
on linux, not working. tested on cheese, amsn, , newer google voice , video plugin.
none of them seems work.
quicken process, i'm putting info get:

lsusb displays:
bus 004 device 003: id 0ac8:301b z-star microelectronics corp. zc0301 webcam

when connect device dmesg shows:
[16472.300030] usb 4-3: new full speed usb device using ohci_hcd , address 3
[16472.466410] usb 4-3: configuration #1 chosen 1 choice
[16472.479297] linux video capture interface: v2.00
[16472.483115] gspca: main v2.7.0 registered
[16472.484966] gspca: probing 0ac8:301b
[16474.304936] zc3xx: probe 2wr ov vga 0x0000
[16474.450919] zc3xx: probe 3wr vga 1 0xc400
[16474.708876] zc3xx: probe 3wr vga 2 0x0000
[16474.764868] zc3xx: sensor unknow_0 force tas5130
[16474.772976] gspca: probe ok
[16474.773010] usbcore: registered new interface driver zc3xx
[16474.773016] zc3xx: registered

system info:
uname -a

linux fernando-desktop 2.6.32-24-generic #41-ubuntu smp thu aug 19 01:12:52 utc 2010 i686 gnu/linux

have suggestions it?

hm. interesting. have

z-star microelectronics corp. zc0305 webcam

camera , works ootb in applications - cheese, pidgin, gmail web interface etc.
other applications can use little help:
example skype:

ld_preload=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

application can loaded workaround.

simple test launch

gstreamer-properties

either in terminal or alt+f2 launch menu, go video tab, set camera "pc camera", press test.

ps use debian squeeze, not ubuntu.

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