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

[Mike Turquette <mturquette gmail com>]

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Paulo Silva <nitrofurano gmail com> wrote:
> 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?

Ah, I assumed from your previous mails that you were building your own
kernel.  The configuration I mention above makes sense if you build
your own kernel, but that seems to not be the case.  I do recommend
that you look into it, but honestly a how-to on building your own
kernel is probably outside the scope of this conversation.

Sorry for any further confusion.  Just for your own edification you
might find the following interesting:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile.  Again, the above
link won't really fix any of the problems in this thread, but you
might find the information enlightening.

Regards,
Mike

> (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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