[Novalug] Still trying to get a webcam to work...

greg pryzby greg@pryzby.org
Thu Jul 30 17:28:54 EDT 2009


unplug camera
tailf /var/log/message > ~/output.txt &
plug in camera
kill %%

send output.txt
(you could tailf in another window as root and the copy/paste)

send out of
    lsmod
    lspic
    ls -l /dev/vide*
    uname -a

what distro and version?
Are you patched?

Roy Wilson wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> I forgot the specifics for your cam
>>
>> what is the brand, etc?
> 
> The file manager sees it as this:
> 
> file:///dev/v4l/by-id/usb-SiGma_Micro_USB_Web_Camera-video-index0
> 
>   It is a SiGma Micro, and I've never told the system that, so it's ID'ing from the connection.
> 
>> output from
>>    lsusb
> 
> sysop@64bit:~$ lsusb
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1c4f:3000
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> sysop@64bit:~$
> 
> Lines from sysop@64bit:~$ dmesg > startup_output.txt
>  containing "webcam":
> 
> [    8.302325] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
> [    8.314359] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB Web Camera (1c4f:3000)
> [    8.319043] uvcvideo: Failed to query (135) UVC control 1 (unit 0) : -32 (exp. 26).
> [    8.322236] input: USB Web Camera as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-3/2-3:1.0/input/input3
> [    8.340282] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
> [    8.340303] USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)
> 
>   I installed Camera Monitor and Camorama.  When I start Camorama the monitor says the webcam is on (it's not).  Camorama immediately crashes out with:
> 
>    Could not connect to video device (/dev/video0)
>    Please check the connection.
> 
>   Obviously it's connected. When I OK out of the above screen, the Camera Monitor pops up with "Camera is off".
> 
>    I'm about ready to start taking prozac.... :)

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