F16: Webcam by Logitech (Orbicam) is not working

[Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA]

On 04/15/2012 05:15 AM, 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 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
>
> 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.

            I have one of those Logitech ball shaped cameras and have
            never been able to make it work with Linux even with help
            from this list. Bought a more expensive Logitech about a
            year ago and it worked with no problems at all! Sounds to me
            like you are going through the same thing?

            Bob



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