Bugzilla – Bug 155665
sonypi driver fails to load after Sony Super SteadyShot plugged into USB
Last modified: 2006-03-09 18:25:15 UTC
I plugged my Sony Super Steadyshot (DCR-HC21)into the USB port hoping to use xawtv, vlc, or other of the video tools. /var/log/messages reported: Mar 6 20:36:25 tgagne kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 Mar 6 20:36:26 tgagne kernel: usbcore: registered new driver snd-usb-audio Mar 6 20:36:43 tgagne kernel: mtrr: 0x98000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0x98000000,0x400000 Mar 6 20:37:00 tgagne modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting sonypi (/lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-default/kernel/drivers/char/sonypi.ko): No such device Some information on the system: tgagne:/home/tgagne # rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-default-2.6.13-15.8 kernel-syms-2.6.13-15.8 kernel-source-2.6.13-15.8 kernel-docs-2.6.13-15 kernel-default-nongpl-2.6.13-15.8 kernel-update-tool-0.9-10 tgagne:/home/tgagne # uname -a Linux tgagne 2.6.13-15.8-default #1 Tue Feb 7 11:07:24 UTC 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Just to see if I was seeing things I tried inserting the module by hand: tgagne:/home/tgagne # modprobe sonypi FATAL: Error inserting sonypi (/lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-default/kernel/drivers/char/sonypi.ko): No such device tgagne:/home/tgagne # ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-default/kernel/drivers/char/sonypi.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27592 Feb 7 11:19 /lib/modules/2.6.13-15.8-default/kernel/drivers/char/sonypi.ko
What kind of device is that? Looks like a DV-cam to me. Are you sure this device is supported by this driver? How would you want to use xawtv for this camera? If you want to transfer data to your PC, you should attach it with the firewire cable or the analog cable to use with xawtv.
It is a DV-cam. My next thing-to-do is to try connecting it to the firewire port instead of the USB. I can't say for sure sonypi.ko is supposed to work with the camcorder. I assumed it was since after plugging-in the the camera to the USB port SuSE recognized it but threw the MTRR error, which I'm fairy sure is a bad thing, no?
I cannot impress so, can you use the USB-Port for this cam with Windows in that fashion? The output of `modinfo sonypi' tells me this module is used for special event-keys in sony notebooks, this has nothing to do with a DV-Cam. Olaf: Is there any chance a dv-cam could be supported in that fashion I don't know about?
please attach the hwinfo output when the system is in that state.
We should close this as invalid. The maintaner of sonypi contacted me to say it wasn't designed for DV cams, and the best way to do those is with firewires.