Webcam: lsusb shows nothing and no /proc/bus/usb/devices

Hey people! Well, where to begin...I am trying to set up a video capture device under my Slackware Linux box. On my kernel compile I enabled the following things:

Device Drivers -> USB support:

Support for Host-side USB = module (usbcore)
USB device filesystem = built-in
EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support = module (ehci-hcd)
UHCI HCD (most Intel and VIA) support = module (uhci-hcd)
USB Mass Storage support = module (usb-storage)
USB Monitor = built-in

Device Drivers -> Multimedia Devices:

Video For Linux = built-in
Enable Video For Linux API 1 (DEPRECATED) = built-in

Device Drivers -> Multimedia Devices -> Video Capture Adapters:

Everything but "Enable advanced debug funcionality" as module.

Device Drivers -> Multimedia Devices -> Video Capture Adapters -> Encoders and decoders:

Everything as module.

Device Drivers -> Multimedia Devices -> Video Capture Adapters -> V4L USB devices:

Everything as module.

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And now, a part of my /etc/rc.d/rc.modules:

#USB

/sbin/modprobe usbcore
/sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd
/sbin/modprobe uhci-hcd
/sbin/modprobe usb-storage
/sbin/modprobe usbvideo
/sbin/modprobe sn9c102

The last one is the driver of my webcam or at least a compatible driver for it as I read in another forum.

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Now, my dmesg content:

http://net-priest.tripod.com/dmesg

As you can see, there is the part:

usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[D] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
PCI: cache line size of 128 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 17, io mem 0xffa00000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 18, io base 0x0000cc00
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 19, io base 0x0000d000
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 16, io base 0x0000d400
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.3[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.3 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: irq 18, io base 0x0000d800
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
sn9c102: V4L2 driver for SN9C10x PC Camera Controllers v1:1.27
usb 2-2: SN9C10[12] PC Camera Controller detected (vid/pid 0x0C45/0x602D)
usb 2-2: OV7630 image sensor detected
usb 2-2: Initialization succeeded
usb 2-2: V4L2 device registered as /dev/video0
usbcore: registered new driver sn9c102

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My hardware specifics:

Intel Pentium 4 3.0Ghz HT Processor on D865GBF Intel Motherboard ( http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/d865gbf/ )

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Q1: Is my usb everything all set? If I am having problem with my USB cam, at least it is not on my USB support? I am asking this because, according to the site: http://www.linux.com/howtos/Webcam-H...shooting.shtml , I should see something when I type: lsusb and I don't see anything:

bash-3.1# lsusb
bash-3.1#

And when I try:

bash-3.1# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
cat: /proc/bus/usb/devices: No such file or directory
bash-3.1#

Just for additional info:

bash-3.1# ls /proc/bus/usb/
bash-3.1#

Q2: IF it is everything ok with my USB set, is there any way to fix my webcam problem? Here are the outputs of some programs I've tried:

Amsn:

dlsym[./utils/linux/capture/libng/plugins/drv0-v4l2.so]: ./utils/linux/capture/libng/plugins/drv0-v4l2.so: undefined symbol: _ng_plugin_init
dlsym[./utils/linux/capture/libng/plugins/drv1-v4l.so]: ./utils/linux/capture/libng/plugins/drv1-v4l.so: undefined symbol: _ng_plugin_init
WARNING: no plugins found [/home/tech/amsn-0.95]
ioctl: VIDIOCGCAP(name="2¾·@¨Ê·";type=0x1f [CAPTURE,TUNER,TELETEXT,OVERLAY,CHROMAKEY];channels=-1211455404;audios=-1212282876;maxwidth=40;maxheight=31;minwidth=143712226;minheight=-1210043904): Invalid argument

And it says: "Error getting capabilities" in the webcam setup session.

Mercury:

On JMF Wizard:

Looking for video capture devices...
- Finished detecting V4LAuto classes.
Starting detected classes... (This might take some time)
- Done.

There are no video capture devices present.

Xawtv:

This is xawtv-3.95, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.17.4)
WARNING: Your X-Server has no DGA support.
seteuid(root): Operation not permitted
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct
ioctl: VIDIOC_G_STD(std=0xb793da40b7bc01ac [PAL_G,PAL_H,PAL_D,PAL_K,PAL_M,SECAM_G,SECAM_H,SECAM_K,SECAM_K1,?ATSC_8_VSB,ATSC_16_VSB,(null),(null) ,(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),( null),(null),(null),(null),(null)]): Invalid argument
ioctl: VIDIOC_S_STD(std=0x0 []): Invalid argument
no way to get: 384x288 32 bit TrueColor (LE: bgr-)

Doesn't show anything on screen, and the title of the window is: "???"

Xawtv (as root):

This is xawtv-3.95, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.17.4)
WARNING: Your X-Server has no DGA support.
/dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct
ioctl: VIDIOC_G_STD(std=0xb7943a40b7bc61ac [PAL_G,PAL_H,PAL_D,PAL_K,PAL_M,NTSC_M_JP,?,SECAM_G,SECAM_H,SECAM_K,SECAM_K1,?ATSC_8_VSB,ATSC_16_VSB,( null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(nu ll),(null),(null),(null),(null)]): Invalid argument
ioctl: VIDIOC_S_STD(std=0x0 []): Invalid argument
no way to get: 384x288 32 bit TrueColor (LE: bgr-)

Same results as non-root (Doesn't show anything on screen, and the title of the window is: "???").

ANY help on ANY of the questions would be so much appreciated. Thanks everyone for the attention!

*Puff*? Anyone...? Snif!

Last try on Slackware Forum...

Update: chesh helped me with Q1. I had to change my fstab and add these lines:

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0

Now only Q2 is still open. I cannot find out what is wrong...

I tried v4l2 and it would not work. Instead, I am using v4l without problems. Ekiga and amsn.
Try using v4l and see how it goes. I don't have an answer to your v4l2 problem, but this may be a good starting point to eliminate concerns about your cam.
Someone, with more experience with video may be able to help?

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux-Hardware and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

You might want to enclose those in quote or code tags, btw.

Well, no problem...and sorry everyone for double posts, it was because I wasn't getting help on slackware forum...

Thanks for your reply, chesh, but I didn't understand exactly what you mean about "v4l" and "v4l2". On the kernel compilation I have two options:

Enable Video For Linux API 1 (DEPRECATED)
Enable Video For Linux API 1 compatible layer

But only the first one allows me to choose USB Webcams.

My last *bump* try...