web cam

[Raymond House]

Yes video4L2ucp was tried several times yesterday and downloaded the
control panel for it too. but ?


On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:49 AM, CrankyOldBugger
<crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>wrote:

> I did a quick Google on "gspca_spca561,gspca_main" and they all seem to
> refer to v4l2ucp, as did that other link I sent you, so I'm going to
> suggest that this is where we should concentrate.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9 May 2014 10:39, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> here is what I get:   108503  2 gspca_spca561,gspca_main
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:36 AM, CrankyOldBugger <
>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Type lsmod | grep videodev. The driver name will appear on the line
>>> starting with "videodev".  Please let us know what you see there.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9 May 2014 10:30, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Mathieu, it's a nextech and it works fine with cheese and google
>>>> hangout.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <
>>>> mathieu.tl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What model?
>>>>>
>>>>> Despite being recognized, some cameras (like the Microsoft ones) have
>>>>> finicky drivers that sometimes just don't work. It's important here to
>>>>> check the model, see in dmesg if the driver complains, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl at gmail.com>
>>>>> Freenode: cyphermox, Jabber: mathieu.tl at gmail.com
>>>>> 4096R/EE018C93 1967 8F7D 03A1 8F38 732E  FF82 C126 33E1 EE01 8C93
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > Hi, yes the camera is being recognized, it says ' generic digital
>>>>> camera "
>>>>> > but nothing in the test window it's black.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:19 AM, CrankyOldBugger <
>>>>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Is the camera just not being recognised, or are you getting an error
>>>>> >> message?  If the latter, what is the error?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> If the camera is not being recognised, can you turn it on before
>>>>> you start
>>>>> >> Skype then try to get Skype to see it while it's running?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On 9 May 2014 07:22, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Hi, I posted a request for info about getting a webcam to work on
>>>>> skype
>>>>> >>> with my pc running ubuntu 14.04 and unity and I tried all the tips
>>>>> in ubuntu
>>>>> >>> help to no avail, my 2 daughters are also using ubuntu 14.04 on
>>>>> their
>>>>> >>> laptops and they have no problems with skype, can I assume that
>>>>> the camera
>>>>> >>> type is the problem for me? It is not listed in ubuntu wiki skype
>>>>> webcams
>>>>> >>> list. thanks
>>>>> >>>
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