Mounted Webcam on ubuntu 10.10 not working .

rhklinux · 02-26-2012, 11:50 PM

I have 64bit ubuntu 10.10 installed on dell xps 15.
My webcam is not working since i installed ubuntu.
I don't even know which kernel module to look for.
I installed cheese and it gives no output.

frankbell · 02-27-2012, 08:08 PM

What kind of webcam is it? One of these commands in a terminal should help you identify it:

lspci (LiSt PCI devices) if it's PCI.

lsusb (LiSt USB devices) if it's USB.

dmesg (dmesg dumps the entire kernel list of devices--the output is quite large and may take some scrolling).

Post the identifying information here.

Also, somewhere in Ubuntu, there is normally a menu item for "Additional Hardware" or "Proprietary Drivers" or some such wording (I no longer use Ubuntu so I can't tell you where to find it); hunting for that may lead you to a solution.

rhklinux · 03-01-2012, 02:13 AM

here is lspci:

Quote:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 18)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 18)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0df1 (rev a1)
04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev 35)
05:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 05)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 05)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 05)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 05)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 05)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 05)

I checked dmesg but there is nothing out there.
Then i tried to load the kernel model:

Quote:

sudo modprobe uvcvideo

Now i can take picture using cheese but not able to take video.

frankbell · 03-01-2012, 08:38 PM

Hmmm. What's the make and model of the webcam and what kernel version are you running?

rhklinux · 03-17-2012, 01:05 AM

I don't know where to find model of webcam.i am using kernel 2.6.35
sorry for late reply