On Friday 23 March 2007 14:09:41 Hans van der Merwe wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 13:59 +0000, Bob Williams wrote:
On Friday 23 March 2007 12:56:41 Hans van der Merwe wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 10:03 +0000, Bob Williams wrote:
I'm trying to set up a Creative USB Webcam Live! I've installed Camelot 0.3.5 but when I open it I get an error message saying
Initializing Video4Linux input failed: Cannot open device /dev/video0: No such file or directory
which is indeed true. Problem, how can I get the software and hardware to see each other? -- Bob
SuSE Linux 10.2, KDE 3.5.5
Some debug info would be great - try looking at /var/log/messages when connecting/disconnecting the cam.
There are a lot of files in there, none of them seem to change when I plug/unplug my camera. Which one should I be looking for?
the actual <messages> file in /var/log
Aah. This looks like it... Mar 23 14:24:54 bhf kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: wakeup Mar 23 14:24:55 bhf kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 15 Mar 23 14:24:55 bhf kernel: usb 3-2: new device found, idVendor=041e, idProduct=4036 Mar 23 14:24:55 bhf kernel: usb 3-2: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Mar 23 14:24:55 bhf kernel: usb 3-2: Product: WebCam Live! Mar 23 14:24:55 bhf kernel: usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Creative Labs Mar 23 14:24:55 bhf kernel: usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Mar 23 14:24:55 bhf kernel: usb 3-2: ZC0301[P] Image Processor and Control Chip detected (vid/pid 0x041E/0x4036) Mar 23 14:24:55 bhf kernel: usb 3-2: No supported image sensor detected I'm not sure what that last line means :( -- Bob SuSE Linux 10.2, KDE 3.5.5 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org