Re: [Motion-user] motion won't start

[Kenneth L. <ke...@la...>]

You need a newer pwc driver. You have some crippled version in your kernel.

Kenneth


At 22:42 2005-06-16, you wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I have two machines that I'm trying to run motion on.  Both use debian=20
>sarge one with a 2.4 kernel and the other with a 2.6 kernel.  On the 2.4=20
>machine motion works right out of the box (except for the image being=20
>squashed and green instead of a normal image) but on the 2.6 box motion=20
>fails right away:
>
>isis@wilhelm:~$ motion
>Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf
>Thread0 device: /dev/video0 input: 8
>isis@wilhelm:~$
>
>And the following is written to syslog:
>
>Jun 16 15:46:25 localhost motion: Processing thread 0 - config file=20
>/etc/motion/motion.conf
>Jun 16 15:46:25 localhost motion: Thread 0 PID: 4632
>Jun 16 15:46:25 localhost motion: waiting for threads to finish, pid: 4632
>Jun 16 15:46:25 localhost kernel: pwc set_video_mode(160x120 @ 10, palette=
=20
>15).
>Jun 16 15:46:25 localhost kernel: pwc decode_size =3D 1.
>Jun 16 15:46:26 localhost kernel: pwc set_video_mode(320x240 @ 10, palette=
=20
>15).
>Jun 16 15:46:26 localhost kernel: pwc decode_size =3D 3.
>Jun 16 15:46:26 localhost kernel: pwc Video mode SIF@10 fps is only=20
>supported with the decompressor module (pwcx).
>Jun 16 15:46:26 localhost kernel: pwc pwc_set_video_mode attempt 1 failed.
>Jun 16 15:46:26 localhost kernel: pwc set_video_mode(160x120 @ 10, palette=
=20
>15).
>Jun 16 15:46:26 localhost kernel: pwc decode_size =3D 1.
>Jun 16 15:46:26 localhost motion: Failed with YUV420P, trying YUV422=
 palette
>Jun 16 15:46:26 localhost motion: Failed with YUV422, trying RGB24 palette
>Jun 16 15:46:26 localhost motion: ioctl VIDIOCMCAPTURE: Invalid argument
>Jun 16 15:46:26 localhost motion: Capture error Invalid argument
>Jun 16 15:46:26 localhost motion: thread 0: finishing...
>
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>Andrew
>
>
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