OrbiCam does not work on Ubuntu

[Phil Pinkerton]

Thomas Kaiser wrote:
> Phil Pinkerton wrote:
>   
>> OrbiCam does not work on Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xbuntu Feisty Herd5 ( fawn? )
>> 7.04 amd64
>>
>> lsusb = Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0402:5602 ALi Corp.
>>
>> video0 does exist but xawtv does not see it ??
>>
>> ll /dev/video0
>> crw-rw—- 1 root adm 81, 0 2007-04-23 05:41 /dev/video0
>>
>> xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/x86_64 (2.6.20-14-generic)
>> can’t open /dev/video0: No such device
>> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
>> v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such device
>> v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such device
>> v4l: open /dev/video0: No such device
>> no video grabber device available
>>
>>
>> Note: Tried building and install driver from SVN source:
>>
>> lsmod = usbcore                   154416  7
>> m560x,usbhid,usb_storage,libusual,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
>>              videodev                    29824  1 m560x
>>              v4l2_common            28800  1 videodev
>>              v4l1_compat              14980  1 videodev
>>
>> Ubuntu Linux 2.6.20-14-generic #2 SMP Mon Apr 2 16:32:46 UTC 2007 x86_64
>> GNU/Linux
>>
>> Works fine on XP
>>
>> What's the hang up on this driver  web search is full of OLD News about
>> the m560x driver ??
>>     
>
> Hello Phil
>
> It looks that only root and group adm has access to /dev/video0. Your 
> are a member of the adm group? Did you try this as root?
>
> Thomas
>
>
>   
Chmod to 666  /dev/video*

Now xawtv just hangs there, cannot break even with ctrl C, need to kill
it to return to prompt.

 xawtv
This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/x86_64 (2.6.20-14-generic)

Chown to my account no diff.

cannot run as root do not have display set for root


Phil