RE: [SLE] Creative USB WebCam Pro under SuSE 6.4 (2.2.14)
<*]> XawTV needs Video4Linux tools. Check if this in your kernel config <*]> (Multimedia Device section). So you won't need only USB <*]> support, but V4L support too. <*]> <*] <*]The xawtv rpm install from SuSE's CDROM installs the v4l stuff, including bttv ... or am I wrong?
I don't know, I've installed the sources many months ago. It may install some V4l stuff, but you'll still need V4l support from the kernel, as far as I'm concern...
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As I'm still running SuSE 6.2, I don't have any /sin/init.d/usb, so I can't be of any help. What's in that? Loading the modules for USB? Try lsmod to see if the core modules of USB are loaded and then try to insmod or modprobe ov511. Also, boot your computer with the Cam plugged in, and check in dmesg if the USB port is claimed by any driver:
This is the header of the /sbin/init.d/usb file:
#! /bin/sh
# Copyright (c) 1999-2000 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.
#
# Authors: Kurt Garloff
(From my own dmesg) Freeing unused kernel memory: 216k freed uhci.c: root-hub INT complete: port1: 93 port2: c80 data: 2 hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x5a9/0x511) is not claimed by any active driver.
(From /var/log/messages, when insmod ov511) usb.c: registered new driver ov511 ov511.c: USB OV511 camera found ov511.c: camera: Creative Labs WebCam 3 ov511.c: Sensor is an OV7610 ov511.c: ov511 driver version 1.28 registered
Is there any command to show the installed devices appart of lsdev? This is quite limited and (I quote from man lsdev) "This program only shows the kernel's idea of what hardware is present, not what's actually physically available."
Your USB hardware may not be well supported under Linux too.
It is - http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ Could you please explain me (and the list) what it's needed to setup a webcam under Linux? You told me you installed v4l before... are there any other requirements? Thanks, Martin
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Martin Mielke wrote: <*]> Your USB hardware may not be well supported under Linux too. <*]> <*] <*]It is - http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ It may be on the list, but your system may not be configured for it. It must be detected at the boot time. Check it out in with dmesg. <*] <*]Could you please explain me (and the list) what it's needed to setup a <*]webcam under Linux? You told me you installed v4l before... are there any <*]other requirements? Well, let me try to remember everything: 1) A supported WebCam (you got it) 2) A supported USB hardware, PROPERLY configured, that is, with correct modules loaded (from the kernel or any SuSE' trick, try lsmod to see if there's something loaded) or directly compiled into the kernel (USB section of the kernel configuration) --> you got it or no? 3) /dev/video* present, with the correct permissions (you got it) 4) OV511 USB camera support (directly from the Kernel, USB section again, or from your own compilation of the driver, according to your kernel version, from http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/download.html. If you have already this support from kernel, then it _should_ be in /lib/modules/Your_kernel_version/kernel/drivers/usb Then, provided 1), 2) and 3), insmod ov511 should work. 5) if conditions 1), 2), 3) and 4) hold, you then have to choose a software (XawTV and others....) I know that XawTV works with Webcam, I only tried it with the proper video device and it's OK. But if you want to make it a Live Webcam on a HTTP server, I've never tried XawTV, though it's possible... I use w3cam, working really well for what I need. Once again, good luck. /NB P.S.: lsdev _won't_ indicate if your webcam is on or not, but only if your USB hardware is. ________________ Nicolas Beaulieu Economics Department, Universite Laval Centre de Recherches en Economie et Finances Appliquees (CREFA) Quebec, Canada mailto:nicolas.beaulieu@ecn.ulaval.ca _________________ http://patagonia.dyndns.org ICQ 15933500 Teamwork is essential: it allows you to blame someone else. _________________
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