webcam

[Michael Bach (gmx)]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Michael Bach (gmx) wrote:
> 
>> Osman Kemal Kadiro?lu wrote:
> 
>>> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0ac8:303b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0303
>>>
>>> How can I use this webcam?
>>>
>> there is more information required. Can you please do the following:
> 
> No, really, that should be plenty.  Google for "0ac8:303b".  This link
> (http://www.debiantutorials.org/content/view/149/217/) implies that you
> simply haven't modprobed the spca5xx module.
> 
> What does:
> # lsmod | grep spca
> 
> show?  If it's not listed, 
> 
> # sudo modprobe spca5xx
> 
> and try camorama again.  Then you have two choices - either force spca5xx to
> be installed at boot time (by adding it to /etc/modules) or figure out how
> to write a udev rule to modprobe it when it's plugged in.  I think I can
> guess which is easier (but I could be wrong - it's possible that inserting
> the module when there's no device physically present won't work).

Well,
it might be just the driver not being loaded.
>From experience I made with an usb-wlan-stick, I assumed here that the
driver was simply not aware of the hardware (0ac8:303b). Roughly two
years ago I had to add the usb-id to the ralink source (serialmonkey
driver) to get the driver working working with the stick.
On the page you linked [1], -halfway down the page approx.- someone
("Arpi") posts a problem of his/her webcam (same usb-id) not working on
his system. Other people have issues as well [3], the first solution so
far suggests that the driver is not aware of the webcam.
But on the other hand, [2] lists 0ac8:303b as a working device.

[1] http://www.debiantutorials.org/content/view/149/217/
[2] http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html
[3] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=616413

regards, Mike