Re: [PLUG] USB Hub Blocks Web Cam

[Eric <eric@lucii.org>]

Could the problem be cable length or power requirements?  Is it a powered hub?
I'd try shorter cables or external power in the hub.

I once fought for several hours with a HP Scanner that ended up being very 
sensitive to cable length (shorter worked, longer was erratic.)

HTH

Eric


Casey Bralla wrote:
> Here's a weird one I don't understand.  Maybe somebody can help me understand
> what is going on.
>
> I've been goofing around with a Logitech QuckCam I got a while ago "free" from
> comcast.   It's well supported by Linux, although anything but great image
> quality.
>
> Anyway,the darn thing wouldn't work and I finally figured out that it was
> because it was being hooked up through a USB hub.   If I plugged it directly
> into my computer, it worked fine (well, as good as it ever would).  If I
> plugged it into a hub, it would not produce an image.
>
> lsusb sees it through the hub, but I couldn't get xawtv to pull an image from
> it.
>
>
> I duplicated the problem with another hub, and got the same result.  One of
> the hubs was powered, one was static.
>
>
> Can anybody explain this?  I'd like to use it through a hub (much cleaner
> wiring), but I don't even know what type of hub (if any) I should buy to make
> it work.
>
> Any comments, prognostications, disertations, or suggestions would be very
> much appreciated.


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