F16: Webcam by Logitech (Orbicam) is not working

[Tommy Pham]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Antonio M
<antonio.montagnani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Il giorno 16 aprile 2012 05:37, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> ha scritto:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> --
>> Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
>>  "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
>> the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot
>>
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>
>
> /var/log/messages doesn't show any webcam
> It is enabled in the bios as it was working in Windows Xp, that was
> previously installed
> I will check if any (hidden) switch is present ....at first glance I didn't
> see any
>
> Tnx for help
>
> --
> Antonio Montagnani
> Skype : amontag52
>
> Linux Fedora 16 Verne
>

Did you get this when you 'lsmod|grep -i uvc'?

[root at fedora-l OpenSource]# lsmod|grep -i uvc
uvcvideo               76346  0
videobuf2_core         31894  1 uvcvideo
videodev              106837  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
media                  20444  2 uvcvideo,videodev
videobuf2_vmalloc      12967  1 uvcvideo

What do you get when you 'cat /var/log/messages|grep -i 046d' ?