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449 02-12-2008 06:51 PM
Is there an easy way to get my webcam working?
 
I just got the Creative Live@ Cam Video IM Pro and am having trouble finding a solid answer/way to get it working. I downloaded the ov51x-jpeg-source.deb file and restarted ,but it's still not picking up my cam. I'm on Debian testing. Help? Tips?

Thanks

Brian1 02-12-2008 07:18 PM
Based on this quick google search I found this.
http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/cameras/index.php
It mentions using the M5603 chipset.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/m560x-driver/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/livecam/

If this does not work you might try uvcvideo. Use the trunk release for the latest.
http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/

Brian

449 02-12-2008 07:25 PM
Thanks for the quick response Brian!

I had just finished making an attempt own my own with this here.

http://wiki.debian.org/USBWebCam

I did what was under the The Ov51x WebCam Driver section. Everything installed fine ,but when I use the command 'camorama' I get

Error(camorama)

Could not connect to video device (/dev/video0).
Please check the connection.

449 02-13-2008 01:18 PM
No luck so far. :(

What do from here?

http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/

Poetics 02-13-2008 01:35 PM
I actually -just- installed the same webcam, and it's working fine (in Skype and other programs). Take a look at the official Creative linux-compatibility website (found here in a 5 second google search for "creative webcam linux") and you'll see that it requires the linux-UVC kernel module, and even provides a link.

Make sure you have v4l (video4linux) compiled into your kernel or otherwise loaded as a module, and you should be able to build the UVC module without problem.

449 02-13-2008 01:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Poetics (Post 3055970)
I actually -just- installed the same webcam, and it's working fine (in Skype and other programs). Take a look at the official Creative linux-compatibility website (found here in a 5 second google search for "creative webcam linux") and you'll see that it requires the linux-UVC kernel module, and even provides a link.

Make sure you have v4l (video4linux) compiled into your kernel or otherwise loaded as a module, and you should be able to build the UVC module without problem.
How do you compile a kernel?

I don't know what to do here.

But I'm glad to here it's possible to get this cam working.

449 02-13-2008 01:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by 449 (Post 3055977)
How do you compile a kernel?

I don't know what to do here.

But I'm glad to here it's possible to get this cam working.
Ok, I went into Synaptic(I'm a noob) and installed linux-UVC, but it's stilling not showing up under /dev.

Poetics 02-13-2008 02:05 PM
Take a look at the last few lines of the 'dmesg' command. Plug in your webcam and run dmesg again -- see what changed. If it describes a webcam, you should be ready to go; if it just talks about a generic USB device being inserted, it looks like the module wasn't included correctly and/or wasn't loaded.

449 02-13-2008 02:08 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Poetics (Post 3056019)
Take a look at the last few lines of the 'dmesg' command. Plug in your webcam and run dmesg again -- see what changed. If it describes a webcam, you should be ready to go; if it just talks about a generic USB device being inserted, it looks like the module wasn't included correctly and/or wasn't loaded.
usb 5-7: USB disconnect, address 5
usb 5-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
usb 5-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
6:3:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x84


What do you suggest?

Brian1 02-15-2008 03:23 PM
If using the linux-uvc you do not need to compile the kernel. You will need to install the kernel source rpms. If you are running the default installed kernel no updates then on the cd is an rpm called kernel-devel-********.rpm where ******** is the version of kernel you are running. So as root use the command ' rpm -ivh kernel-devel*.rpm ' to install.

Now download the linux-uvc from the link above and compile the code following the readme and or install docs from the extracted source file.

Brian

449 02-15-2008 04:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian1 (Post 3058485)
If using the linux-uvc you do not need to compile the kernel. You will need to install the kernel source rpms. If you are running the default installed kernel no updates then on the cd is an rpm called kernel-devel-********.rpm where ******** is the version of kernel you are running. So as root use the command ' rpm -ivh kernel-devel*.rpm ' to install.

Now download the linux-uvc from the link above and compile the code following the readme and or install docs from the extracted source file.

Brian

I deleted the entries for the cd sources, where can I found those?

Brian1 02-15-2008 07:26 PM
What cd sources are you referring too?

Brian

449 02-15-2008 08:12 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian1 (Post 3058686)
What cd sources are you referring too?

Brian
Debian testing?

449 02-16-2008 01:50 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian1 (Post 3058485)
If using the linux-uvc you do not need to compile the kernel. You will need to install the kernel source rpms. If you are running the default installed kernel no updates then on the cd is an rpm called kernel-devel-********.rpm where ******** is the version of kernel you are running. So as root use the command ' rpm -ivh kernel-devel*.rpm ' to install.

Brian
How do I get kernel-devel?

Brian1 02-16-2008 06:34 PM
kernel-devel-*****.rpm is for Fedora Redhat type distros. I don't know anything about Debian. I must have gotten crosslink in my thinking about your post and another on kernel-devel-***.rpm file.

Brian


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