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Advice on getting USB Web Cam to work
Hello I own a GE PC Camera Pro HO98064 web cam that I can not seem to get to work in linux. Specifically Unbuntu 5,4 with kernel Linux version 2.6.10-5-k7 .
My lspci command shows: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 73 5 Host (rev 01) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Vir tual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP) 0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS 85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge) 0000:00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016 0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07) 0000:00:02.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07) 0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0) 0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Winfast TV 2000 XP (rev 03) 0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Macronix, Inc. [MXIC] MX987 13 0000:00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) 0000:00:11.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Li ve! EMU10k1 (rev 07) 0000:00:11.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 If [Radeon 9000] (rev 01) 0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Radeon 9000] (Secondary) (rev 01) My lsusb command shows: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05a9:8519 OmniVision Technologies, Inc . Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 147a:e001 Formosa Industrial Computing , Inc. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 10d5:0315 Uni Class Technology Co., Lt d Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 I found a web page that inspired me to purchase this web cam at Target because I thought it was compatable with linux. Because the page showed the camera highlited in green with the text " Works with ov51x driver". The lsusb command shows the camera is detected, but I can't get any application for web cams to use the camera. So far, the only application I have tried really to use the camera is gnome meeting, was hoping others out their would have advice on what else I could try. |
First, make sure you have a /dev/video0 (don't know Unbuntu - on occasion it's /dev/v4l/video0 ) device in the first place.
I use xawtv as the workhorse app to test stuff like that. Hope it helps, mlp |
Thanks for the reply mlp68, I've tried xawtv as you suggested. And xawtv only gave me the option to watch television thru my tv tuner.
Ubuntu configured a tv tuner I have as /dev/video0. I found anouther post that asked if the conflict between the tuner and camera were resolved if you removed the tuner out of the computer. I plan to try that and see if the conflict is resolved. However before I do that, my /dev directory is as fowllows: adsp ptya4 ptyef ptyta ptyy5 tty29 ttyc1 ttyqc ttyS8 ttyx2 agpgart ptya5 ptyp0 ptytb ptyy6 tty3 ttyc2 ttyqd ttys9 ttyx3 audio ptya6 ptyp1 ptytc ptyy7 tty30 ttyc3 ttyqe ttyS9 ttyx4 audio1 ptya7 ptyp2 ptytd ptyy8 tty31 ttyc4 ttyqf ttysa ttyx5 cdrom ptya8 ptyp3 ptyte ptyy9 tty32 ttyc5 ttyr0 ttysb ttyx6 cdrom1 ptya9 ptyp4 ptytf ptyya tty33 ttyc6 ttyr1 ttysc ttyx7 cdrw ptyaa ptyp5 ptyu0 ptyyb tty34 ttyc7 ttyr2 ttysd ttyx8 console ptyab ptyp6 ptyu1 ptyyc tty35 ttyc8 ttyr3 ttyse ttyx9 core ptyac ptyp7 ptyu2 ptyyd tty36 ttyc9 ttyr4 ttysf ttyxa dmmidi ptyad ptyp8 ptyu3 ptyye tty37 ttyca ttyr5 ttyt0 ttyxb dri ptyae ptyp9 ptyu4 ptyyf tty38 ttycb ttyr6 ttyt1 ttyxc dsp ptyaf ptypa ptyu5 ptyz0 tty39 ttycc ttyr7 ttyt2 ttyxd dsp1 ptyb0 ptypb ptyu6 ptyz1 tty4 ttycd ttyr8 ttyt3 ttyxe dvd ptyb1 ptypc ptyu7 ptyz2 tty40 ttyce ttyr9 ttyt4 ttyxf evms ptyb2 ptypd ptyu8 ptyz3 tty41 ttycf ttyra ttyt5 ttyy0 fd ptyb3 ptype ptyu9 ptyz4 tty42 ttyd0 ttyrb ttyt6 ttyy1 fd0 ptyb4 ptypf ptyua ptyz5 tty43 ttyd1 ttyrc ttyt7 ttyy2 full ptyb5 ptyq0 ptyub ptyz6 tty44 ttyd2 ttyrd ttyt8 ttyy3 hda ptyb6 ptyq1 ptyuc ptyz7 tty45 ttyd3 ttyre ttyt9 ttyy4 hda1 ptyb7 ptyq2 ptyud ptyz8 tty46 ttyd4 ttyrf ttyta ttyy5 hda2 ptyb8 ptyq3 ptyue ptyz9 tty47 ttyd5 ttys0 ttytb ttyy6 hda5 ptyb9 ptyq4 ptyuf ptyza tty48 ttyd6 ttyS0 ttytc ttyy7 hdc ptyba ptyq5 ptyv0 ptyzb tty49 ttyd7 ttys1 ttytd ttyy8 hdd ptybb ptyq6 ptyv1 ptyzc tty5 ttyd8 ttyS1 ttyte ttyy9 hpet ptybc ptyq7 ptyv2 ptyzd tty50 ttyd9 ttyS10 ttytf ttyya initctl ptybd ptyq8 ptyv3 ptyze tty51 ttyda ttyS11 ttyu0 ttyyb input ptybe ptyq9 ptyv4 ptyzf tty52 ttydb ttyS12 ttyu1 ttyyc kmem ptybf ptyqa ptyv5 ram0 tty53 ttydc ttyS13 ttyu2 ttyyd kmsg ptyc0 ptyqb ptyv6 ram1 tty54 ttydd ttyS14 ttyu3 ttyye log ptyc1 ptyqc ptyv7 ram10 tty55 ttyde ttyS15 ttyu4 ttyyf loop ptyc2 ptyqd ptyv8 ram11 tty56 ttydf ttyS16 ttyu5 ttyz0 lp0 ptyc3 ptyqe ptyv9 ram12 tty57 ttye0 ttyS17 ttyu6 ttyz1 lvm ptyc4 ptyqf ptyva ram13 tty58 ttye1 ttyS18 ttyu7 ttyz2 MAKEDEV ptyc5 ptyr0 ptyvb ram14 tty59 ttye2 ttyS19 ttyu8 ttyz3 mapper ptyc6 ptyr1 ptyvc ram15 tty6 ttye3 ttys2 ttyu9 ttyz4 md0 ptyc7 ptyr2 ptyvd ram2 tty60 ttye4 ttyS2 ttyua ttyz5 md1 ptyc8 ptyr3 ptyve ram3 tty61 ttye5 ttyS20 ttyub ttyz6 md10 ptyc9 ptyr4 ptyvf ram4 tty62 ttye6 ttyS21 ttyuc ttyz7 md11 ptyca ptyr5 ptyw0 ram5 tty63 ttye7 ttyS22 ttyud ttyz8 md12 ptycb ptyr6 ptyw1 ram6 tty7 ttye8 ttyS23 ttyue ttyz9 md13 ptycc ptyr7 ptyw2 ram7 tty8 ttye9 ttyS24 ttyuf ttyza md14 ptycd ptyr8 ptyw3 ram8 tty9 ttyea ttyS25 ttyv0 ttyzb md15 ptyce ptyr9 ptyw4 ram9 ttya0 ttyeb ttyS26 ttyv1 ttyzc md16 ptycf ptyra ptyw5 random ttya1 ttyec ttyS27 ttyv2 ttyzd md17 ptyd0 ptyrb ptyw6 raw1394 ttya2 ttyed ttyS28 ttyv3 ttyze md18 ptyd1 ptyrc ptyw7 rtc ttya3 ttyee ttyS29 ttyv4 ttyzf md19 ptyd2 ptyrd ptyw8 shm ttya4 ttyef ttys3 ttyv5 urandom md2 ptyd3 ptyre ptyw9 snd ttya5 ttyp0 ttyS3 ttyv6 vbi0 md20 ptyd4 ptyrf ptywa sndstat ttya6 ttyp1 ttyS30 ttyv7 vcs md21 ptyd5 ptys0 ptywb stderr ttya7 ttyp2 ttyS31 ttyv8 vcs1 md22 ptyd6 ptys1 ptywc stdin ttya8 ttyp3 ttyS32 ttyv9 vcs2 md23 ptyd7 ptys2 ptywd stdout ttya9 ttyp4 ttyS33 ttyva vcs3 md24 ptyd8 ptys3 ptywe tty ttyaa ttyp5 ttyS34 ttyvb vcs4 md3 ptyd9 ptys4 ptywf tty0 ttyab ttyp6 ttyS35 ttyvc vcs5 md4 ptyda ptys5 ptyx0 tty1 ttyac ttyp7 ttyS36 ttyvd vcs6 md5 ptydb ptys6 ptyx1 tty10 ttyad ttyp8 ttyS37 ttyve vcs7 md6 ptydc ptys7 ptyx2 tty11 ttyae ttyp9 ttyS38 ttyvf vcsa md7 ptydd ptys8 ptyx3 tty12 ttyaf ttypa ttyS39 ttyw0 vcsa1 md8 ptyde ptys9 ptyx4 tty13 ttyb0 ttypb ttys4 ttyw1 vcsa2 md9 ptydf ptysa ptyx5 tty14 ttyb1 ttypc ttyS4 ttyw2 vcsa3 mem ptye0 ptysb ptyx6 tty15 ttyb2 ttypd ttyS40 ttyw3 vcsa4 midi ptye1 ptysc ptyx7 tty16 ttyb3 ttype ttyS41 ttyw4 vcsa5 mixer ptye2 ptysd ptyx8 tty17 ttyb4 ttypf ttyS42 ttyw5 vcsa6 mixer1 ptye3 ptyse ptyx9 tty18 ttyb5 ttyq0 ttyS43 ttyw6 vcsa7 net ptye4 ptysf ptyxa tty19 ttyb6 ttyq1 ttyS44 ttyw7 video0 null ptye5 ptyt0 ptyxb tty2 ttyb7 ttyq2 ttyS45 ttyw8 video1394 port ptye6 ptyt1 ptyxc tty20 ttyb8 ttyq3 ttyS46 ttyw9 xconsole ppp ptye7 ptyt2 ptyxd tty21 ttyb9 ttyq4 ttyS47 ttywa zero psaux ptye8 ptyt3 ptyxe tty22 ttyba ttyq5 ttys5 ttywb ptmx ptye9 ptyt4 ptyxf tty23 ttybb ttyq6 ttyS5 ttywc pts ptyea ptyt5 ptyy0 tty24 ttybc ttyq7 ttys6 ttywd ptya0 ptyeb ptyt6 ptyy1 tty25 ttybd ttyq8 ttyS6 ttywe ptya1 ptyec ptyt7 ptyy2 tty26 ttybe ttyq9 ttys7 ttywf ptya2 ptyed ptyt8 ptyy3 tty27 ttybf ttyqa ttyS7 ttyx0 ptya3 ptyee ptyt9 ptyy4 tty28 ttyc0 ttyqb ttys8 ttyx1 |
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I'm just now experimenting with the same camera on gentoo linux. I think the problem is that the USB Audio driver is claiming the device before the ov511 driver gets a chance. I'm going to recompile with USB Audio as a module and let you guys know if I have any luck in doing so.
BTW: is there a specific 'ov51x' driver that I'm not seeing in my kernel tree... or did it turn into 'ov511' at some point in the history of 2.6.x ? |
Good news all, I've gotten this web cam to work using the ov51x-jpeg driver. You can find this driver here: http://www.rastageeks.org/ov51x-jpeg....php/Main_Page
have a good time playing with your cam's. btw: the USB audio driver thing was not the problem, both drivers need to be installed to get video and audio out of your cam (i think). |
it needs work
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Problem
Hello foolsh,
I followed step by step your precedent post. I have a Eye toy webcam (playstation 2) which needs a ov519 driver. By following your procedure when I type Code:
sudo modprobe ov518_decompCode:
FATAL: Module ov518_decomp not found.Thank you. |
yeah sorry for the crappy webpage. but to get back to the subject, six months later, ..crips I should check my email more
often... the ov518_decomp.ko and the ov519_decomp.ko module should have landed in the same .../lib/modules/kernal name/extras/ directory hmmm try # sudo update-modules and a reboot |
Speaking of replying 6 months later....
I just wanted to post and say thank you to all those who replied to my orginal question.
It took me till July to finally start experimenting with all the tips shown to get this camera working and I'm happy with the results after I finally did. Again thank you. I'm currently using Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 Linux kernel version 2.6.15-26-686 Intel Celeron 2.4 GHZ Via P4M266 motherboard 1024 MB Ram Integrated Pro Savage 8 Graphics (Plan on updating to some kind of 3D enabled Nvidia AGP Card with tv output at a later date.) 160 GB Maxtor IDE Drive Realtek GB ethernet adapter |
could not find foolsh link page so in case it does not work for you try
http://home.insightbb.com/~foolsh/ then try http://web.archive.org/web/200708100...b.com/~foolsh/ |
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