Re: F16: Webcam by Logitech (Orbicam) is not working

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>]

antonio montagnani wrote:
> Tommy Pham ha scritto / said the following il giorno/on 15/04/2012 09:02:
> > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Tommy Pham<tommyhp2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:24 PM, antonio montagnani
> > > <antonio.montagnani@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Tommy Pham ha scritto / said the following il giorno/on 15/04/2012 01:13:
> > > > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 1:54 PM, antonio montagnani
> > > > > <antonio.montagnani@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > Installed F16 on a quite old laptop (Acer 5672WLMI) of a friend of mine
> > > > > > replacing WinXp: everything is o.k., Fedora is running smoothly, the only
> > > > > > problem is that the webcam is not recognized, also lsusb doesn't show
> > > > > > anything.
> > > > > > I guess that webcam is a Logitech Orbicam, from the specification, also
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > hardware lister doesn't show anything.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any clue??
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Antonio M
> > > > > > Skype: amontag52
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Linux Fedora F16 (Verne) on Acer 5720
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://lugsaronno.altervista.org
> > > > > > http://www.campingmonterosa.com
> > > > > > http://www.studiodacolpaloschi.it
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Search for uvc (USB Video Class) driver. It may support your webcam
> > > > > in question.
> > > > >
> > > > > HTH,
> > > > > Tommy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > tnx
> > > >
> > > > I don't understand why on my personal Acer (That is an Aspire5720) uvcvideo
> > > > is loaded....shall I have to try modprobe the driver???
> > >
> > > Did you do 'yum search uvc'? I don't remember the off the top of my
> > > head what packages you'll need but according to [1], it should support
> > > your webcam:
> > > 046d:09b0 Acer OrbiCam (Acer notebooks) Logitech
> > >
> > > from [1] also:
> > > Linux 2.6.26 and newer includes the Linux UVC driver natively. You
> > > will not need to download the driver sources manually unless you want
> > > to test a newer version or help with development.
> > >
> > > the UVC 1.1.1 works for both my Logitech Quickcam STX, Orbit MP, and
> > > Lenovo T420 integrated webcam.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > > Tommy
> > >
> > > [1] http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/
> > >
> > >
> > > > --
> > > > Antonio M
> > > > Skype: amontag52
> > > >
> > > > Linux Fedora F16 (Verne) on Acer 5720
> > > >
> > > > http://lugsaronno.altervista.org
> > > > http://www.campingmonterosa.com
> > > > http://www.studiodacolpaloschi.it
> >
> > You might need to install libwebcam. Check dmesg if your kernel is
> > able to detect the webcam:
> >
> > [tommy@fedora ~]$ dmesg|grep -i 046d
> > [ 1.568207] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08c2
> > [ 2.365103] usb 5-3: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08ad
> > [ 21.662569] gspca_main: gspca_zc3xx-2.14.0 probing 046d:08ad
> > [ 22.671076] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device<unnamed> (046d:08c2)
> > [ 235.310178] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08c2
> > [ 235.312371] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device<unnamed> (046d:08c2)
> > [ 238.296592] input: UVC Camera (046d:08c2) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2
> > [ 368.664065] usb 5-3: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08ad
> > [ 368.666116] gspca_main: gspca_zc3xx-2.14.0 probing 046d:08ad
> > [ 370.717243] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08c2
> > [ 370.718561] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device<unnamed> (046d:08c2)
> > [ 373.703270] input: UVC Camera (046d:08c2) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2
> >
> > Note that the UVC has problem detecting my Orbit MP (046d:08c2)
> > properly upon boot/reboot. I have to disconnect and reconnect it.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Tommy
>
> my webcam is integrated so I cannot disconnect it...and I don't see any camera
> device in lsusb. no improvement also after libwebcam installation.

At this point I would certainly suggest looking at the /var/log/messages to see 
if the camera is detected, and I also would think that the camera would show if 
it were USB connected, lsusb is good about providing vendor code and such when 
it doesn't know what the device is.

Three thoughts:
1 - are you sure it's USB connected?
2 - does it have a "privacy shutter" you can slide over the lens? That might 
take it off the bus.
3 - is it enabled in the BIOS?

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