You might try uvcdynctl that is what I have been using as it directly talks to the webcam. It will show the controls that exist and let you query and set them. On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 4:14 PM Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 12/03/2021 05:24, Paul Smith wrote: > > --------------------------------------- > > # v4l2-ctl -l > > User Controls > > > > keep_format 0x0098f900 (bool) : default=0 value=0 > > sustain_framerate 0x0098f901 (bool) : default=0 value=0 > > timeout 0x0098f902 (int) : min=0 max=100000 > > step=1 default=0 value=0 > > timeout_image_io 0x0098f903 (bool) : default=0 value=0 > > # > > --------------------------------------- > > > > I have only one webcam. But I am using a virtual camera via OBS Studio. > > AFAIK, the v4l2-ctl command gets its information from the device and/or driver in use by the device. > > Do you know if the loss of focus_auto happen recently? If so, try booting to a previous kernel to see > if a kernel change may have triggered it. > > FWIW, the webcam of my laptop has ceased working. Old age. And I only have a USB Capture HDMI > device on my desktop that does create both a /dev/video0 and /dev/video1. > > -- > People who believe they don't make mistakes have already made one. > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure