F16: Webcam by Logitech (Orbicam) is not working

Mon Apr 16 23:20:34 UTC 2012

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Antonio M <antonio.montagnani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Il giorno 16 aprile 2012 10:55, Tommy Pham <tommyhp2 at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>
>> 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' ?
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>
> cat /var/log/messages|grep -i 046d
> Apr 15 14:44:14 exmarco kernel: [    4.121610] usb 2-2: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 15 14:44:14 exmarco kernel: [    4.139888] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2/input0
> Apr 15 14:44:14 exmarco kernel: [   37.558084] usb 2-2: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 15 14:44:14 exmarco kernel: [   37.576556] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0002: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2/input0
> Apr 15 15:07:36 exmarco kernel: [ 1438.215530] usb 1-8: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0892
> Apr 15 15:07:37 exmarco kernel: [ 1439.135150] usb 5-2: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0892
> Apr 15 15:07:38 exmarco kernel: [ 1440.111144] usb 5-2: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0892
> Apr 15 15:07:38 exmarco kernel: [ 1440.116350] gspca_main: vc032x-2.14.0
> probing 046d:0892
> Apr 15 15:10:15 exmarco kernel: [ 1596.652187] usb 5-2: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0892
> Apr 15 15:10:15 exmarco kernel: [ 1596.657292] gspca_main: vc032x-2.14.0
> probing 046d:0892
> Apr 15 15:14:45 exmarco kernel: [ 1867.197158] usb 5-2: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0892
> Apr 15 15:14:45 exmarco kernel: [ 1867.203287] gspca_main: vc032x-2.14.0
> probing 046d:0892
> Apr 15 15:16:07 exmarco kernel: [ 1948.750219] usb 5-2: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0892
> Apr 15 15:16:07 exmarco kernel: [ 1948.755348] gspca_main: vc032x-2.14.0
> probing 046d:0892
> Apr 15 15:18:47 exmarco kernel: [ 2108.532993] usb 1-8: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0892
> Apr 15 15:18:47 exmarco kernel: [ 2108.536112] gspca_main: vc032x-2.14.0
> probing 046d:0892
> Apr 15 15:18:49 exmarco kernel: [ 2110.917533] usb 1-8: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0892
> Apr 15 19:08:00 exmarco kernel: [15861.475292] usb 2-1: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 15 19:08:00 exmarco kernel: [15861.494977] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0003: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
> Apr 15 20:37:20 exmarco kernel: [    2.550027] usb 2-1: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 15 20:37:20 exmarco kernel: [    2.566837] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
> Apr 15 20:37:20 exmarco kernel: [   34.126114] usb 2-1: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 15 20:37:20 exmarco kernel: [   34.144572] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0002: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
> Apr 16 04:07:33 exmarco kernel: [    2.552798] usb 2-1: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 16 04:07:33 exmarco kernel: [    2.570851] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
> Apr 16 04:07:34 exmarco kernel: [   34.075110] usb 2-1: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 16 04:07:34 exmarco kernel: [   34.093928] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0002: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
> Apr 16 04:12:32 exmarco kernel: [    2.550668] usb 2-1: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 16 04:12:32 exmarco kernel: [    2.569051] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
> Apr 16 04:12:32 exmarco kernel: [   34.125167] usb 2-1: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 16 04:12:32 exmarco kernel: [   34.143640] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0002: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
> Apr 16 07:01:07 exmarco kernel: [    2.553595] usb 2-1: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 16 07:01:07 exmarco kernel: [    2.570762] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
> Apr 16 07:01:07 exmarco kernel: [   34.082169] usb 2-1: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 16 07:01:07 exmarco kernel: [   34.101054] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0002: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
> Apr 16 18:13:10 exmarco kernel: [    2.552600] usb 2-1: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 16 18:13:10 exmarco kernel: [    2.569753] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
> Apr 16 18:13:13 exmarco kernel: [   34.075151] usb 2-1: New USB device
> found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c05f
> Apr 16 18:13:13 exmarco kernel: [   34.094795] generic-usb
> 0003:046D:C05F.0002: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB
> Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
>
> nothing answer from lsmod|grep -i uvc
>
>
> tnx for help
>
> --
> Antonio Montagnani
> Skype : amontag52
>
> Linux Fedora 16 Verne
>

[1] doesn't list it but [2] does.

[1] http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/
[2] http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html