trouble with webcam / pi freezes - Raspberry Pi Forums

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hi!

not sure if right place start - helping redirects of course appreciated...

started (headless) pi (model b rev1) bought webcam server usb cam (ms lifecam 5000 hd) sitting in nesting case falcons attached house. cam works fine attached debian-desktop pc thru usb extender cord webcamd generating snapshot every 30 seconds, however, attaching cam pi, garbeled pictures quite (2 out of 5), different picture sizes each snapshot - way below configured 1280*800 , after while (<2 hours) pi freezes altogether - no chance reach thru network / ping / ssh.
read pi having problems directly power usb devices, attached active usb hub in between - didn't help.
usb devices detached , pi rebooted, didn't crash last night - shows uptime of 12 hours.
ideas, how setup working stable desired picture size , undammaged pictures on pi?

doesn't have webcamd - first solution, found birdwatch-project.

linux raspberrypi 3.2.27+ #160 preempt mon sep 17 23:18:42 bst 2012 armv6l gnu/linux
root@raspberrypi:~/.webcamd# cat /etc/debian_version
wheezy/sid

ad<thanks>vance,
kai

ok - digging bit deeper, might webcamd doesn't handle cam on pi correctly (although seems fine on desktop-pc).
found similar posts error below:

root@raspberrypi:~# webcamd start
configuration file found
webcamd run, pictures taken every 30 secondes
:
root@raspberrypi:~# libv4l2: error setting pixformat: device or resource busy

...and looks software there didn't release capture component correctly.
unfortunately pi froze again (it , runing cam attached (but webcamd turned off) 2 days. started 'top' monitor memory usage , hung again after 5 minutes :-(
since i'm not @ home power cycle pi, have postpone further troubleshooting.
i'm wondering if pi in general ist unstable or device? it's bit of spoilsport...

cheers,
kai


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