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Anne Wilson wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Saturday 05 July 2008 11:16:59 Gijs wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hey list,
I'm trying to get the 380 USB 2.0 spacec@m to work, but so far I haven't
had much luck.
I've never tried getting an USB camera to work before, so I'm probably
missing out on RPM packages and whatnot.
When I plug the thing in my laptop it gives me the following in dmesg:
usb 1-5: USB disconnect, address 3
usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0e96, idProduct=c001
usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-5: Product: USB2.0 PC Camera
usb 1-5: Manufacturer: APLUX
The output from lsusb is the following:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0e96:c001 Aplux Communications, Ltd TRUST 380
USB2 SPACEC@M
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ58/M-BJ69 Optical
Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
I've tried running Cheese but the program didn't give me anything. It
just shows me some test-screen (guess that's the default screen).
Since the webcam is pretty old, I thought that there has to be a driver
somewhere that supports it. But I really have no idea which driver it
should be.
Does anyone have any ideas?
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<pre wrap=""><!---->>From googling, I'd say your chances are slim. Take a look, for instance, at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/linux-uvc-devel/2006-May/000518.html">http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/linux-uvc-devel/2006-May/000518.html</a>
Your best bet is to try the gspca driver, as mentioned in the CrystalEye
thread. The author of that driver is pretty good at getting it to work with
a lot of cameras, but this one sounds so closed that I wouldn't hold my
breath.
Sorry.
The good news is that some *very* cheap webcams (I heard of a £5 one, even)
work with that driver, so it's not worth struggling too much.
Anne
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Thanks for your advice. I didn't get the spacecam to work, but another
cam I had lying around did work with the gspca driver :)<br>
The spacecam is a bit better than my other one, but it'll have to do.<br>
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Gijs<br>
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