On Wednesday 22 Jan 2014 12:52:25 gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > On Tue, Jan 21 2014, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:30 PM, <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 18 2014, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > >>> On Jan 18, 2014 4:02 PM, <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote: > >>>> My main system is a dell latitude E6430s. I am embarrassed to say > >>>> that, although I have had this system for a while, I just now realized > >>>> that it has a build in webcam. What software do you recommend and > >>>> what should I start reading to learn how to use it. > >>> > >>> To play with it, and of you already use GNOME, I recommend Cheese. It's > >>> actually fun to use. > >> > >> Thank you canek (and walt, james, and eroen) but I didn't make clear the > >> level of my ignorance. I have never used a webcam, but I recently > >> became a grandfather so figured I should learn. I must need a driver > >> for the camera. According to lsusb I have > >> > >> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:646b Microdia > >> (the 400 line verbose output is at the end of this msg). > >> > >> [snip] > >> > >> But, as I mentioned, I am a complete novice with webcams and wonder if I > >> am way off base here. Is the above the right path to follow? > > > > [Humongous snip] > > > > Ah, you need first the drivers then. Don't bother with out-of-tree > > drivers. Try (directly in your kernel) USB_VIDEO_CLASS (a.k.a. UVC), > > CONFIG_USB_GSPCA, and if that doesn't work enable all of > > CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_*. Mine works only with CONFIG_USB_GSPCA. > > > > After loading the modules, or booting with the new kernel, see if you > > have /dev/v4l (it's a dir). Then any modern software (e.g., Cheese or > > google-talkplugin) will autodetect the camera. > > > > Regards. > > Sounds like a plan. > thanks, > allan
I have a similar camera (from lsusb): idVendor 0x0c45 Microdia idProduct 0x640e bcdDevice 95.06 iManufacturer 2 M092S-J00-9C14-SC1NT iProduct 1 Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_2M These are modules enabled in the kernel: $ egrep -i GSPCA /usr/src/linux/.config CONFIG_USB_GSPCA=m # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_BENQ is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_CONEX is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_CPIA1 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_ETOMS is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_FINEPIX is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_JEILINJ is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_JL2005BCD is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_KINECT is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_KONICA is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_MARS is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_MR97310A is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_NW80X is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_OV519 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_OV534 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_OV534_9 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_PAC207 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_PAC7302 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_PAC7311 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SE401 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SN9C2028 is not set CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SN9C20X=m CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SONIXB=m CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SONIXJ=m # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SPCA500 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SPCA501 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SPCA505 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SPCA506 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SPCA508 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SPCA561 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SPCA1528 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SQ905 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SQ905C is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SQ930X is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_STK014 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_STV0680 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_SUNPLUS is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_T613 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_TOPRO is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_TV8532 is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_VC032X is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_VICAM is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_XIRLINK_CIT is not set # CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_ZC3XX is not set I can't recall how I arrived at these, but probably Google helped me at the time. -- Regards, Mick
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