Hello y’all,
I have 2 webcams attached to my SBC (Orange Pi plus) from which i take a 1 snapshot every minute. (fswebcam/cron)
Sometimes one webcam is gone in the system. “lsusb” will only show 1 webcam (/dev/video0) at that moment. This seems to be related to the usb-ports on my SBC (can’t handle the load and dumps 1 device?). What i do is reboot the SBC and usually this will solve the problem.
But: isn’t there a way (command) to re-scan the hardware and solve the problem like that?? (i am usually not near the SBC so i an looking for a “remote” solution)
ps: both webcams are Logitech (pro 5000 and E 3500)
Was the driver itself unloading?
What does the error messages in the /var/log look like?
Did the modprobe fix the issue or has it returned?
The issue hasn’t returned yet. I will have a look and report when i know more… Thnx for the input.
It happened again. Modprobe command didn’t fix the problem. lsusb gives me:
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05e3:0718 Genesys Logic, Inc. IDE/SATA Adapter
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 046d:08ce Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 5000
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 045e:0800 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Most log-file are empty. Is there a specific log-file i should be looking in?
The command: “v4l2-ctl --list-devices” gives me:
UVC Camera (046d:08ce) (usb-sunxi-ehci-1.4):
/dev/video1
Failed to open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
ps: Both logitech webcam use the same driver (one is still working/detected)
ps: after a reboot the lost cam was defected again.
root@HomeAssistant:~# lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05e3:0718 Genesys Logic, Inc. IDE/SATA Adapter
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 046d:08ce Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 5000
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 045e:0800 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:09a4 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam E 3500
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
I just want to add that i switched from fswebcam to ffmpeg (for taking a snapshot from the webcams). I noticed that ffmpeg takes better screenshots, don’t know why. I hope that it will also help with the above mentioned problem. (perhaps?)
i added a usb-dock with power supply to the sbc. (and moved the usb-cams to this dock. Let’s see if this helps.
Right, the usb-dock did help a bit. (/dev/video1 hasn’t disappeared anymore). Other problem: frequently ffmpeg can’t get an image from this webcam (at 640x480 pix). I changed my bash-script so it will first grab a 320x240 image (which works all the time) and then try to grab a 640x480 image. If the second one fails i always have the 320x240 image.
I am using “motion” now. Somehow “motion” prevents the cam’s from hooking all the memory and that prevents input/output errors.
