On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Tommy Pham <tommyhp2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:24 PM, antonio montagnani > <antonio.montagnani@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Tommy Pham ha scritto / said the following il giorno/on 15/04/2012 01:13: >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 1:54 PM, antonio montagnani >>> <antonio.montagnani@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> Installed F16 on a quite old laptop (Acer 5672WLMI) of a friend of mine >>>> replacing WinXp: everything is o.k., Fedora is running smoothly, the only >>>> problem is that the webcam is not recognized, also lsusb doesn't show >>>> anything. >>>> I guess that webcam is a Logitech Orbicam, from the specification, also >>>> the >>>> hardware lister doesn't show anything. >>>> >>>> Any clue?? >>>> -- >>>> Antonio M >>>> Skype: amontag52 >>>> >>>> Linux Fedora F16 (Verne) on Acer 5720 >>>> >>>> http://lugsaronno.altervista.org >>>> http://www.campingmonterosa.com >>>> http://www.studiodacolpaloschi.it >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >> >> >>> >>> Search for uvc (USB Video Class) driver. It may support your webcam >>> in question. >>> >>> HTH, >>> Tommy >> >> >> tnx >> >> I don't understand why on my personal Acer (That is an Aspire5720) uvcvideo >> is loaded....shall I have to try modprobe the driver??? > > Did you do 'yum search uvc'? I don't remember the off the top of my > head what packages you'll need but according to [1], it should support > your webcam: > 046d:09b0 Acer OrbiCam (Acer notebooks) Logitech > > from [1] also: > Linux 2.6.26 and newer includes the Linux UVC driver natively. You > will not need to download the driver sources manually unless you want > to test a newer version or help with development. > > the UVC 1.1.1 works for both my Logitech Quickcam STX, Orbit MP, and > Lenovo T420 integrated webcam. > > HTH, > Tommy > > [1] http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/ > > >> >> -- >> Antonio M >> Skype: amontag52 >> >> Linux Fedora F16 (Verne) on Acer 5720 >> >> http://lugsaronno.altervista.org >> http://www.campingmonterosa.com >> http://www.studiodacolpaloschi.it >> You might need to install libwebcam. Check dmesg if your kernel is able to detect the webcam: [tommy@fedora ~]$ dmesg|grep -i 046d [ 1.568207] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08c2 [ 2.365103] usb 5-3: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08ad [ 21.662569] gspca_main: gspca_zc3xx-2.14.0 probing 046d:08ad [ 22.671076] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (046d:08c2) [ 235.310178] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08c2 [ 235.312371] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (046d:08c2) [ 238.296592] input: UVC Camera (046d:08c2) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2 [ 368.664065] usb 5-3: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08ad [ 368.666116] gspca_main: gspca_zc3xx-2.14.0 probing 046d:08ad [ 370.717243] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08c2 [ 370.718561] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (046d:08c2) [ 373.703270] input: UVC Camera (046d:08c2) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2 Note that the UVC has problem detecting my Orbit MP (046d:08c2) properly upon boot/reboot. I have to disconnect and reconnect it. HTH, Tommy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
