Quoting sjb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have a really crappy webcam .. the name on the box is SurfCam . the > model number may be PC160. > > /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB product 93a/7/100
Don't worry about that. > I found what appears to be a driver for the camera at sourceforge, which > I compiled OK. The README says to > > modprobe videodev > insmod usbvideo.o > insmod nw802.o > > which doesn't cause any errors and seems to work > > nw802 9800 0 (unused) > usbvideo 22408 0 [nw802] > videodev 4416 0 [usbvideo] What -other- modules are loaded? (use lsmod). My guess is that you don't have any HCD loaded (such as usb-uhci or usb-ohci). Rerun lsmod and post the -complete- output this time. See also: /var/log/messages cat /proc/bus/usb/devices (after you plug the camera in) > I presume I need to get USB to load these drivers .. and I presumably do > that by adding an entry to /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap .. but what should I > be putting in there? Nothing. You already did that manually. > Secondly .. if I try to run v4l-conf in an xterm,it says Don't run v4l-conf at all. It is for BTTV devices (with overlay). Furthermore, you will want to run xawtv like this: $ xawtv -remote Otherwise xawtv will whine about missing overlay support - which is physically impossible with USB cameras anyhow. > can't open /dev/video0: No such device > although the node does actually exist, so I assume this is because the > camera's not powered up .. or it's not connected to the driver .. or > something. Yes, you are right. The driver is not there; in other words, there is nobody on the kernel side of /dev/video0. Look at /proc/bus/usb/devices, and also at /var/log/messages when you plug the camera in. There will be something of interest there. Dmitri -- Southern DOS: Y'all reckon? Yep/Nope - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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