[Novalug] Testing a webcam

[Rich Goodwin]

     1. openSuSE 11.?
     2. Winbook webcam WB-6120


I get the same green screen in skype, vlc ... and in camorama (Thanks
Mackenzie!).

I played with zypper and noticed in /var/log/messages "no devices found"
- interesting because the camera is turned on (at least the green LED
comes on).  


        Jun  7 15:36:08 linux-zrh2 kcheckpass[31301]: Authentication
        failure for rich (invoked by uid 1000)
        Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: usb 4-1: new full speed USB
        device using uhci_hcd and address 4
        Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: usb 4-1: configuration #1
        chosen from 1 choice
        Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: gspca: probing 093a:2621
        Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: gspca: probe ok
        Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: gspca: probing 093a:2621
        Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: usb 4-1: New USB device
        found, idVendor=093a, idProduct=2621
        Jun  7 16:20:02 linux-zrh2 kernel: usb 4-1: New USB device
        strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
        Jun  7 16:20:03 linux-zrh2 pulseaudio[4961]: alsa-util.c: Device
        hw:2 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
        Jun  7 16:20:03 linux-zrh2 pulseaudio[4961]: alsa-util.c: Device
        hw:2 doesn't support 2 channels, changed to 1.
        Jun  7 16:21:05 linux-zrh2 syslog-ng[2211]: Log statistics;
        Jun  7 16:21:20 linux-zrh2 su: (to root) rich on /dev/pts/3
        Jun  7 16:22:34 linux-zrh2 sudo:     rich : TTY=pts/3 ;
        PWD=/tmp ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/zypper install vlc-noX
        Jun  7 16:22:53 linux-zrh2 sudo:     rich : TTY=pts/3 ;
        PWD=/tmp ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/zypper install vlc-noX
        Jun  7 16:30:18 linux-zrh2 su: (to root) rich on /dev/pts/5
        Jun  7 16:30:18 linux-zrh2 su: (to root) rich on /dev/pts/5
        Jun  7 16:37:46 linux-zrh2 kernel: lp: driver loaded but no
        devices found
        Jun  7 16:37:46 linux-zrh2 kernel: lp: driver loaded but no
        devices found
        Jun  7 16:37:50 linux-zrh2 kernel: lp: driver loaded but no
        devices found
        Jun  7 16:44:52 linux-zrh2 su: (to root) rich on /dev/pts/3


I may plug it into Ubuntu to see what it says .... fedora is a next one
- in a VirtualBox setting though... that raises different potential
issues.

I  did change permissions on /dev/video0 to 666 (was 660) since it is
owned by root.video.

Rich

On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 16:07 -0400, greg pryzby wrote:

> >         usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and
> address 3
> >         usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> >         g

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Remember, all Windows machines are, by definition, fault tolerant.

              They run Windows don't they!!
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