OrbiCam does not work on Ubuntu

[Thomas Kaiser]

Phil Pinkerton wrote:
> 
> 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

Phil

Check your kernel log. You might find something interesting there.

Thomas


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