[mythtv-users] Webcam Issue (no device found) on Mythbuntu 8.10

C.T. Paterson i.adore.my.64 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 11 00:50:01 UTC 2009


I performed a re-install last night; brought it up to date and did all
my customizations - and the camera works now.  I know not why.

Cheers.

2009/6/6 C.T. Paterson <i.adore.my.64 at gmail.com>:
> This could well be an issue not explicitly to do with mythtv - but I
> hope you guys will indulge me.  Honestly, I've googled, but I can't
> seem to find a post that I quite recognize as my issue (although I'm
> sure the data is out there somewhere).
>
> I've wanted to use my myth setup and hdtv to start doing my video
> skyping.  I picked up a Logitech QuickCam Communicator Deluxe/S7500
> which, according to http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ would be a standard
> UVC camera.  And with 8.10, the kernel (2.6.27-14) should have v4l2
> built-in, yes?
>
> Here's what I see after booting with the camera plugged in:
>
> From dmesg:
> [   12.633869] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (046d:09a2)
> [   12.638326] input: UVC Camera (046d:09a2) as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb8/8-2/8-2:1.0/input/input6
>
> From lsusb:
> Bus 008 Device 003: ID 046d:09a2 Logitech, Inc.
>
> From lsmod:
> uvcvideo               63624  0
> compat_ioctl32          9344  2 ivtv,uvcvideo
> v4l2_common            19840  5 wm8775,cx25840,tuner,ivtv,cx2341x
> videodev               41344  3 tuner,ivtv,uvcvideo
> v4l1_compat            22404  2 uvcvideo,videodev
> i2c_core               31892  12
> tuner_simple,tda9887,tda8290,tea5767,wm8775,cx25840,tuner,ivtv,i2c_algo_bit,v4l2_common,tveeprom,nvidia
> usbcore               149488  10
> snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,lirc_mceusb2,uvcvideo,usbhid,usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
>
>
> I also note (from previous tests) that /dev/video2 will
> appear/disappear as the camera is connected/disconnected
> (/dev/video[01] is used by my Hauppauge PVR-500).
>
>
> So everything looks fine - except that Skype says "no device found"
> when trying to configure the video...Ekiga says the same.  Can anyone
> tell me what I might be missing, or where else I might look?
>
> Much obliged.
>
> --
> "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."
>                                        -- Thomas Paine
>



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