F16: Webcam by Logitech (Orbicam) is not working

[Tommy Pham]

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Tommy Pham <tommyhp2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:24 PM, antonio montagnani
> <antonio.montagnani at alice.it> 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 at alice.it>  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 at 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