Fedora 10 Webcam Install Help - Cheese

[handcoded]

Hi

I'm trying to install a webcam that I picked up cheap from Ebuyer.com on Fedora 10
Nexos 8 MegaPixel 2848*2136 Video Webcam - USB - With 6 LED Lights and Microphone - Ebuyer

The webcam has 6 adjustable led lights and a built in microphone and works perfectly in Microsoft Windows XP.

I tracked the product down to this web site
Webcams, CCTV, Software, Internet CCTV Cameras, Capture Cards, Driverless Webcams, Internet CCTV you can view on your phone or PDA

There are no drivers for Linux on this web site but they do provide a link to a driver called microdia

Which led me to this
testing-microdia-driver-draft - microdia | Google Groups

I have followed the instructions but still no joy. I'm no linux guru but it would be nice if I could get my webcam to work with cheese. I've played with the options in streamer properties with no joy and have disabled compiz as a precautionary measure.

Output from dmesg

sn9c20x: Using yuv420 output format
usb 1-7: USB disconnect, address 3
sn9c20x: SN9C20X USB 2.0 Webcam unplugged
sn9c20x: SN9C20X USB 2.0 Webcam releases control of video device /dev/video0
usb 1-8: USB disconnect, address 4
scsi 4:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
usb 1-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usb 1-8: device not accepting address 5, error -71
hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 8
usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
sn9c20x: SN9C20X USB 2.0 Webcam - 0C45:6242 plugged-in.
sn9c20x: Detected MT9M111 Sensor.
sn9c20x: Webcam device 0C45:6242 is now controlling video device /dev/video0
sn9c20x: Using yuv420 output format
usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=0c45, idProduct=6242
usb 1-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-7: Product: USB20 Camera
sn9c20x: Using yuv420 output format

Output from lsusb

Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0c45:6242 Microdia PC Camera (SN9C201 + MI1310)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04e8:326c Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd ML-2010P Mono Laser Printer

Output from lsmod

Module Size Used by
vfat 12672 0
fat 42784 1 vfat
fuse 49436 2
sco 12932 2
bridge 43668 0
stp 6148 1 bridge
bnep 14848 2
l2cap 21504 3 bnep
bluetooth 48608 5 sco,bnep,l2cap
sunrpc 156052 3
ip6t_REJECT 7296 2
nf_conntrack_ipv6 15864 2
ip6table_filter 6400 1
ip6_tables 14736 1 ip6table_filter
ipv6 230388 30 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand 9996 2
acpi_cpufreq 12172 0
dm_multipath 17164 0
uinput 10624 0
nvidia 7219344 26
snd_hda_intel 353812 3
snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
snd_seq_oss 30364 0
snd_seq_midi_event 9600 1 snd_seq_oss
stv0299 12680 1
snd_seq 48576 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 10124 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
b2c2_flexcop_pci 9624 0
b2c2_flexcop 26636 1 b2c2_flexcop_pci
snd_pcm_oss 42496 0
dvb_core 68456 2 stv0299,b2c2_flexcop
ppdev 10372 0
snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss
iTCO_wdt 13732 0
cx24123 15880 1 b2c2_flexcop
sn9c20x 55444 0
snd_pcm 65924 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
iTCO_vendor_support 6916 1 iTCO_wdt
firewire_ohci 22532 0
s5h1420 13828 1 b2c2_flexcop
firewire_core 35616 1 firewire_ohci
floppy 51988 0
pcspkr 6272 0
snd_timer 22024 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
skge 38416 0
parport_pc 25620 0
videodev 32000 1 sn9c20x
snd_page_alloc 11016 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_i801 12048 0
crc_itu_t 5760 1 firewire_core
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
parport 31956 2 ppdev,parport_pc
snd 50616 16 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,sn d_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer,snd_hwdep
usb_storage 86280 0
v4l1_compat 15876 1 videodev
i2c_core 21396 6 nvidia,stv0299,b2c2_flexcop,cx24123,s5h1420,i2c_i8 01
usblp 14592 0
soundcore 9416 1 snd
ata_generic 8452 0
pata_acpi 7680 0
sha256_generic 16128 0
cbc 7168 1
aes_i586 11648 2
aes_generic 31144 1 aes_i586
dm_crypt 15236 1
crypto_blkcipher 18052 3 cbc,dm_crypt


Apologies for the long post

I don't know what else to try. All my other hardware is supported fine.
Any help to resolve my problem would be gratefully appreciated. As I said above I'm no Linux guru so please be gentle with me.


Thanks

[jayd512]

Welcome to LinuxForums!

At what point during the installation did you run into problems? Were you able to compile the drivers? Or was the problem with loading the module?

[handcoded]

Hi

I managed to install the module as detailed in the instructions but am unable to get any sort of picture. Maybe it did not install correctly or does not play nice with gstreamer.

I have learnt that the chipset is SN9C201
I should also say that I am running kernel 2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.i686