webcam

[jmadero]

I bought a webcam on ebay that works fantastic in windows but it's an offbrand one that isn't detected in Linux....I hate having to use XP to use a webcam...how hard is it to get an offbrand webcam to work? I don't even really know what kind it is...it's an USB...probably can figure out what kind but won't put the time into it if it's really hard to get to work in linux. Thanks all


jmadero

[RobinVossen]

Do lspci and lsusb

[carlosponti]

what brand is it? you might be surprised that there is a driver if you know the name. there is a programmer in France that was developing drivers for webcams and got quite a few developed.

this is his site
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html

[jmadero]

Here are my outputs for lspci and lsusb respectively....as to what brand it is, I'm really not sure...it's really just one of those knock off ones, I was surprised it worked so well in windows. It has a mic and webcam in one, is one of those balls on the tripod, no brand name on it at all. Any way to find out what brand through linux? Here are the outputs, thanks for helping me out.


lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce Go 7900 GS (rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
03:01.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 01)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)

lsusb

Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0c45:6270 Microdia
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 413c:a005 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000


Thanks again,
jmadero

[RobinVossen]

lsusb -v -d 0c45:
Shows the name of your cam brand.
Microdia.

How we need the series number of the cam or the name..
And then go http://302found.com/linux_webcams/

[Tim_Wright]

Is it silver and black and required assemmbly with a fiddly little screw, also has a little black guard to block the ewbcam from seeing anything?

P.s. I know a photo would have been easier to attach :P

Tim

[jmadero]

YES! That's the one It works fantastic for a little cheap thing (I just use it to video conference with work) but would love to get it functioning in Linux. I can't seem to get the command to work that you gave me...here is the output

lsusb -v -d 0c45
Usage: lsusb [options]...
List USB devices
-v, --verbose
Increase verbosity (show descriptors)
-s [[bus]:][devnum]
Show only devices with specified device and/or
bus numbers (in decimal)
-d vendor:[product]
Show only devices with the specified vendor and
product ID numbers (in hexadecimal)
-D device
Selects which device lsusb will examine
-t
Dump the physical USB device hierarchy as a tree
-V, --version
Show version of program

Thanks

jmadero

[RobinVossen]

whoop I made a mistake.. -.-'

lsusb |grep 0c45:

My bad

Anywho check http://302found.com/linux_webcams/ out. It really helps you

[jmadero]

Thanks for being so patient with me, I'm in between a noob and whatever the next step is so I need a bit more advice...

I think the camera is supported, I went to the site and downloaded the software (or package) and saw that it didn't have a ./configure file so I just went directly and did "make" and "make install". No errors happened which was nice....now I don't know what to do though. I tried ekiga and realized that it wasn't as easy as "it'll work once the package is made". So...what to do next is my question...thanks again

jmadero

[RobinVossen]

Well, I never have setup a cam myself on Linux.
Since I never needed it before..
But, what kind of Driver Software was it?
Was it a Kernel Module? Or was it a Deamon?
if a Kernel module check if its on with modprobe.
If its a Deamon check if its running with lsos (I guess.. I keep forgetting about this one)