[SOLVED] Webcam not working on ASUSF5RL

[Pfene]

Hi Guys

I am new to Linux. I installed Ubuntu 8.10 and update to 9.04, the built-in webcam is not working at all. can anyone help. once again I am an idiot on linux but love Ubuntu.
Thanks

[kmitnick]

press Alt+F2 then gnome-terminal and run this command

lsusb

post the output of the previous command here please.

[Pfene]

I tried the command, it only list usb devices, yes the webcam is listed but still I cant use the webcam.

[Pfene]

Below is the output of LSUSB command

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 152d:2329 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp.

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 174f:6a31 Syntek Web Cam - Asus A8J, F3S, F5R, VX2S, V1S

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0116 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 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 046d:c019 Logitech, Inc. Optical Tilt Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

[kmitnick]

ok please post the output of

ls /dev | grep video

and install mplayer which you can view the cam from it, when you give the post of previous code we will see the command to run cam.
to install mplayer

sudo apt-get install mplayer

[waterhead]

Your are going to have to install the driver from source. There is a nice How-To available from here:

Luke Hollins Clog: Asus Syntek Webcam Installation on Linux (Fedora 8, Asus F3S, F3SA)

Get the latest version of the driver from here:

SourceForge.net: Syntek Semicon DC-1125 Driver: Files

[Pfene]

The code list nothing below

gordy@Rambs:~$ ls /dev | grep video
gordy@Rambs:~$ ls /dev | grep video
gordy@Rambs:~$ sudo apt-get install mplayer
[sudo] password for gordy:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package mplayer
gordy@Rambs:~$


I am also strugling to load the drivers
see below
gordy@Rambs:~/Desktop/webcam/syntek/driver$ make -f Makefile-syntekdriver install
mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/media
mkdir: cannot create directory `/lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/media': Permission denied
make: *** [install] Error 1

[waterhead]

You need root permissions to install kernel drivers , so use the sudo command to precede the install command.

sudo make -f Makefile-syntekdriver install

[Pfene]

be patient with me, For some reason I have this error.


gordy@Rambs:~/driver$ sudo make -f Makefile.standalone
[sudo] password for gordy:
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/build SUBDIRS= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic'
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h
SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-x86
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `kernel/bounds.c', needed by `kernel/bounds.s'. Stop.
make[1]: *** [prepare0] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic'
make: *** [driver] Error 2

[kmitnick]

dude post the output of

ls /usr/src