Hi there!

I want to set up Motion on my CentOS 5.5-server because I thought it would be awesome to have.
But my machine wont accept my webcam for some reason. I tried it on Ubuntu server in VMware and it worked flawlessly (but I dont like Ubuntu).

Could it be the driver? I downloaded some package called kmod-v4l-somthing from EL-Repo without success.

The webcam is a Creative Live! Cam Socialize HD (should work with kernel 2.6 or higher)
Kernel-version: 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (newest)


When I type "motion" I get this:

[0] Unknown config option "ffmpeg_timelapse"
[0] Unknown config option "ffmpeg_timelapse_mode"
[0] Unknown config option "ffmpeg_bps"
[0] Unknown config option "ffmpeg_variable_bitrate"
[0] Unknown config option "ffmpeg_video_codec"
[0] Unknown config option "ffmpeg_deinterlace"
[0] Unknown config option "movie_filename"
[0] Unknown config option "timelapse_filename"
[0] Thread 1 is from /etc/motion/motion.conf
[1] Thread started
[0] motion-httpd/3.2.7 running, accepting connections
[0] motion-httpd: waiting for data on port TCP 8080
[1] ioctl(VIDIOCGMBUF) - Error device does not support memory map
[1] V4L capturing using read is deprecated!
[1] Motion only supports mmap.
[1] Capture error calling vid_start
[1] Thread finishing...

If I unplug it and plug it back in I get this with dmesg (last lines):

usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 2
usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device VF0610 Live! Cam Socialize HD (041e:4080)
input: VF0610 Live! Cam Socialize HD as /class/input/input2
3:3:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x82

Default video-device in motion.conf is /dev/video0.
Here is ls -la /dev:

drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 3720 Dec 19 19:05 .
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Dec 16 23:55 ..
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 12 Dec 16 23:54 adsp
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Dec 16 23:54 audio
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 20 Dec 19 19:05 audio1
crw------- 1 root root 10, 61 Dec 16 23:55 autofs
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Dec 16 23:54 bus
crw------- 1 root root 5, 1 Dec 16 23:55 console
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Dec 16 23:54 core -> /proc/kcore
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 120 Dec 16 23:55 cpu
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 120 Dec 16 23:54 disk
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Dec 16 23:54 dsp
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 19 Dec 19 19:05 dsp1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Dec 16 23:54 fd -> /proc/self/fd
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 7 Dec 16 23:54 full
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 16 23:55 gpmctl
crw------- 1 root root 10, 228 Dec 16 23:54 hpet
prw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 16 23:54 initctl
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 100 Dec 19 19:05 input
crw------- 1 root root 1, 11 Dec 16 23:54 kmsg
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Dec 16 23:55 log
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 0 Dec 16 23:54 loop0
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 1 Dec 16 23:54 loop1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 2 Dec 16 23:54 loop2
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 3 Dec 16 23:54 loop3
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 4 Dec 16 23:54 loop4
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 5 Dec 16 23:54 loop5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 6 Dec 16 23:54 loop6
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 7 Dec 16 23:54 loop7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Dec 16 23:54 MAKEDEV -> /sbin/MAKEDEV
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 100 Dec 16 23:54 mapper
crw------- 1 root root 10, 227 Dec 16 23:54 mcelog
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 0 Dec 16 23:55 md0
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 1 Dec 16 23:54 mem
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Dec 16 23:54 mixer
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 16 Dec 19 19:05 mixer1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Dec 16 23:54 net
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Dec 16 23:54 null
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 144 Dec 16 23:54 nvram
crw------- 1 root root 1, 12 Dec 16 23:54 oldmem
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 0 Dec 16 23:54 parport0
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 1 Dec 16 23:54 parport1
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 2 Dec 16 23:54 parport2
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 3 Dec 16 23:54 parport3
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 4 Dec 16 23:54 port
crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 Dec 16 23:54 ppp
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 2 Dec 19 19:10 ptmx
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 16 23:54 pts
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 16 23:54 ram -> ram1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 0 Dec 16 23:54 ram0
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 1 Dec 16 23:54 ram1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 10 Dec 16 23:54 ram10
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 11 Dec 16 23:54 ram11
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 12 Dec 16 23:54 ram12
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 13 Dec 16 23:54 ram13
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 14 Dec 16 23:54 ram14
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 15 Dec 16 23:54 ram15
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 2 Dec 16 23:54 ram2
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 3 Dec 16 23:54 ram3
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 4 Dec 16 23:54 ram4
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 5 Dec 16 23:54 ram5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 6 Dec 16 23:54 ram6
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 7 Dec 16 23:54 ram7
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 8 Dec 16 23:54 ram8
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 9 Dec 16 23:54 ram9
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 16 23:54 ramdisk -> ram0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 8 Dec 16 23:54 random
crw------- 1 root root 162, 0 Dec 16 23:54 rawctl
crw------- 1 root root 10, 62 Dec 16 23:54 rfkill
brw------- 1 root root 253, 0 Dec 16 23:54 root
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 135 Dec 16 23:54 rtc
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 0 Dec 16 23:54 sda
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 1 Dec 16 23:55 sda1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 2 Dec 16 23:54 sda2
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 1 Dec 16 23:54 sequencer
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 8 Dec 16 23:54 sequencer2
crw------- 1 root root 21, 0 Dec 16 23:54 sg0
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 Dec 16 23:55 shm
crw------- 1 root root 10, 231 Dec 16 23:54 snapshot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 240 Dec 19 19:05 snd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 16 23:54 stderr -> /proc/self/fd/2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 16 23:54 stdin -> /proc/self/fd/0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 16 23:54 stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1
crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 Dec 16 23:54 systty
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 Dec 16 23:54 tty
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 0 Dec 16 23:54 tty0
crw------- 1 root root 4, 1 Dec 16 23:55 tty1
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 10 Dec 16 23:54 tty10
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 11 Dec 16 23:54 tty11
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 12 Dec 16 23:54 tty12
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 13 Dec 16 23:54 tty13
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 14 Dec 16 23:54 tty14
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 15 Dec 16 23:54 tty15
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 16 Dec 16 23:54 tty16
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 17 Dec 16 23:54 tty17
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 18 Dec 16 23:54 tty18
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 19 Dec 16 23:54 tty19
crw------- 1 root root 4, 2 Dec 16 23:55 tty2
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 20 Dec 16 23:54 tty20
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 21 Dec 16 23:54 tty21
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 22 Dec 16 23:54 tty22
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 23 Dec 16 23:54 tty23
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 24 Dec 16 23:54 tty24
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 25 Dec 16 23:54 tty25
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 26 Dec 16 23:54 tty26
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 27 Dec 16 23:54 tty27
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 28 Dec 16 23:54 tty28
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 29 Dec 16 23:54 tty29
crw------- 1 root root 4, 3 Dec 16 23:55 tty3
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 30 Dec 16 23:54 tty30
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 31 Dec 16 23:54 tty31
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 32 Dec 16 23:54 tty32
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 33 Dec 16 23:54 tty33
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 34 Dec 16 23:54 tty34
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 35 Dec 16 23:54 tty35
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 36 Dec 16 23:54 tty36
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 37 Dec 16 23:54 tty37
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 38 Dec 16 23:54 tty38
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 39 Dec 16 23:54 tty39
crw------- 1 root root 4, 4 Dec 16 23:55 tty4
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 40 Dec 16 23:54 tty40
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 41 Dec 16 23:54 tty41
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 42 Dec 16 23:54 tty42
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 43 Dec 16 23:54 tty43
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 44 Dec 16 23:54 tty44
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 45 Dec 16 23:54 tty45
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 46 Dec 16 23:54 tty46
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 47 Dec 16 23:54 tty47
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 48 Dec 16 23:54 tty48
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 49 Dec 16 23:54 tty49
crw------- 1 root root 4, 5 Dec 16 23:55 tty5
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 50 Dec 16 23:54 tty50
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 51 Dec 16 23:54 tty51
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 52 Dec 16 23:54 tty52
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 53 Dec 16 23:54 tty53
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 54 Dec 16 23:54 tty54
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 55 Dec 16 23:54 tty55
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 56 Dec 16 23:54 tty56
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 57 Dec 16 23:54 tty57
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 58 Dec 16 23:54 tty58
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 59 Dec 16 23:54 tty59
crw------- 1 root root 4, 6 Dec 16 23:55 tty6
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 60 Dec 16 23:54 tty60
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 61 Dec 16 23:54 tty61
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 62 Dec 16 23:54 tty62
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 63 Dec 16 23:54 tty63
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 7 Dec 16 23:55 tty7
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 8 Dec 16 23:55 tty8
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 9 Dec 16 23:54 tty9
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Dec 16 23:54 ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Dec 16 23:54 ttyS1
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Dec 16 23:54 ttyS2
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Dec 16 23:54 ttyS3
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 100 Dec 19 19:05 .udev
cr--r--r-- 1 root root 1, 9 Dec 16 23:55 urandom
crw------- 1 root root 442, 0 Dec 16 23:54 usbdev1.1_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 0 Dec 16 23:54 usbdev1.1_ep81
crw------- 1 root root 442, 2048 Dec 16 23:54 usbdev2.1_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 2048 Dec 16 23:54 usbdev2.1_ep81
crw------- 1 root root 442, 2050 Dec 19 19:05 usbdev2.3_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 2050 Dec 19 19:05 usbdev2.3_ep83
crw------- 1 root root 442, 4096 Dec 16 23:54 usbdev3.1_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 4096 Dec 16 23:54 usbdev3.1_ep81
crw------- 1 root root 442, 6144 Dec 16 23:54 usbdev4.1_ep00
crw------- 1 root root 442, 6144 Dec 16 23:54 usbdev4.1_ep81
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 0 Dec 16 23:54 vcs
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 1 Dec 16 23:55 vcs1
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 2 Dec 16 23:55 vcs2
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 3 Dec 16 23:55 vcs3
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 4 Dec 16 23:55 vcs4
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 5 Dec 16 23:55 vcs5
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 6 Dec 16 23:55 vcs6
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 7 Dec 16 23:55 vcs7
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 128 Dec 16 23:54 vcsa
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 129 Dec 16 23:55 vcsa1
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 130 Dec 16 23:55 vcsa2
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 131 Dec 16 23:55 vcsa3
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 132 Dec 16 23:55 vcsa4
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 133 Dec 16 23:55 vcsa5
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 134 Dec 16 23:55 vcsa6
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 135 Dec 16 23:55 vcsa7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Dec 19 19:05 video -> video0
crw------- 1 root root 81, 0 Dec 19 19:05 video0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Dec 16 23:54 VolGroup00
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 16 23:54 X0R -> null
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 5 Dec 16 23:54 zero

The target directory (/cam) has these permissions:

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 19 19:16 cam


I will never forget it if anyone solve this for me

Hi, I recently setup my webcam to use Motion.

I used this tute from archLinux.

Trial and error, Got it working for me.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Webcam_Setup
http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/vi...on/MotionGuide
Cheers, Glenn

Hello,
i was just wondering how you get your motion work in vmware with webcam, i am unable to have mine work on vmware but it does work well in the host machine.

Please do not resurrect dead/necro threads. This thread is over 8 years old. My suggestion to you is to create a new thread for help with your problems. Look at; https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...#faq_lqwelcome to help you compose a proper post.

1 members found this post helpful.