Re: suggestion: persuasive webcam installation when the webcam doesn't work at all

[Paulo Silva <nitrofurano gmail com>]

On 12/24/09, Mike Turquette <mturquette gmail com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:30 AM, Paulo Silva <nitrofurano gmail com> wrote:
>> (Daniel, it's a Gmail issue on lacking sending to the mailing list as
>> well, and i'm always forgetting that, maybe because you CCed the
>> mailing list and sent the answer for me - Gmail still sucks sometimes
>> because of this... - is this mailing list also at google groups?)
>>
>>
>> Here is a screenshot from my desktop computer, after turning on the
>> webcam, connected on the usb - it's a gspca-compatible webcam, and
>> worked only on Ubuntu 8.04 (i'm not interested on downgrade..) after
>> compiling and installing kernel module (painful issue for me) - i were
>> trying it since Ubuntu 4.10, and got it no more working since Ubuntu
>> 8.10
>>
>> http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1551/webcamf.png
>
> GSPCA isn't everything.  The webcam built into my Dell monitor *only*
> requires UVC (usb video class) and no other GSPCA drivers.  In your
> kernel config this can be toggled on at Device Drivers -> Multimedia
> support -> Video Capture Adapters -> V4L USB devices ->
> CONFIG_USB_VIDEO_CLASS=m

thanks the info you provided, but just a question: how can i access
'Device Drivers -> Multimedia support -> Video Capture Adapters -> V4L
USB devices -> CONFIG_USB_VIDEO_CLASS=m' ? (maybe a screenshot would
also help, i think...) - and how can i access this 'kernel config'
anyway?

(getting even more lost after a google search at
http://www.google.pt/search?hl=pt-PT&safe=off&q=Device+Drivers+Multimedia+support+Video+Capture+Adapters+V4L+USB+devices&btnG=Pesquisar&meta=&aq=f&oq=
)



> There is a good chance that your camera is supported, but its a matter
> of proper configuration.
> Mike

thanks indeed for the encouragement! :)

thanks in advance, and good xmas and 2010 to you all as well! :)
paulo



>
>>
>> About iSight, is yours from the MacBook 2,0 as well? since i bought
>> that, i kept trying following all those instructions we find online
>> (Ubuntu documentation wiki pages), extracted the firmware file and
>> placing it on the right place as told, asking people if the md5sum of
>> the firmware is right, etc., and nothing - what happens is, when i
>> have the firmware placed on that location, the boot process hangs with
>> a kind of 'usb enumeration error', making me forcing the power button
>> for shutdown all the time, when the webcam worked fine on OSX... -
>> maybe it's just my bad luck with computer gadgets..
>>
>> thanks and cheers
>> paulo
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/24/09, daniel g. siegel <dgsiegel gnome org> wrote:
>>> that is not true, at least as far as i heard. many webcams are using the
>>> same chip, and the majority is supported under linux. in the most cases,
>>> the fault is just wrong configuration or a driver bug.
>>>
>>> by the way: i am using the isight, and it works very nicely.
>>>
>>> daniel
>>>
>>> On Mi, 2009-12-23 at 21:11 +0000, Paulo Silva wrote:
>>>> webcams doesn't work at all on Linux, or
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