On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Antonio M <antonio.montagnani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Il giorno 16 aprile 2012 05:37, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> ha scritto: >> >> antonio montagnani wrote: >>> >>> Tommy Pham ha scritto / said the following il giorno/on 15/04/2012 09:02: >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> my webcam is integrated so I cannot disconnect it...and I don't see any >>> camera >>> device in lsusb. no improvement also after libwebcam installation. >> >> >> At this point I would certainly suggest looking at the /var/log/messages >> to see if the camera is detected, and I also would think that the camera >> would show if it were USB connected, lsusb is good about providing vendor >> code and such when it doesn't know what the device is. >> >> Three thoughts: >> 1 - are you sure it's USB connected? >> 2 - does it have a "privacy shutter" you can slide over the lens? That >> might take it off the bus. >> 3 - is it enabled in the BIOS? >> >> -- >> Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> >> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from >> the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot >> >> -- >> 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 > > > /var/log/messages doesn't show any webcam > It is enabled in the bios as it was working in Windows Xp, that was > previously installed > I will check if any (hidden) switch is present ....at first glance I didn't > see any > > Tnx for help > > -- > Antonio Montagnani > Skype : amontag52 > > Linux Fedora 16 Verne > Did you get this when you 'lsmod|grep -i uvc'? [root@fedora-l OpenSource]# lsmod|grep -i uvc uvcvideo 76346 0 videobuf2_core 31894 1 uvcvideo videodev 106837 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core media 20444 2 uvcvideo,videodev videobuf2_vmalloc 12967 1 uvcvideo What do you get when you 'cat /var/log/messages|grep -i 046d' ? -- 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
