RE: [SLE] Creative USB WebCam Pro under SuSE 6.4 (2.2.14)
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Martin Mielke wrote:
<*]Dear all, <*] <*]I'm wanting to install a "Creative Webcam Plus" (supported) under SuSE 6.4 <*](2.2.14) but I'm having some problems. <*]I followed the instructions described on <*]http://sdb.suse.de/de/sdb/html/usb_ov511.html (sorry, it's only in german) <*]and checked on http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ that there's a driver for <*]Linux. <*]
I checked too, and from the info section of Creative Plus:
Comment There are actually two versions of the WebCam Plus. One is this one, model CT6840, which is supported by my ov511 driver. The other is based on the OV518+ chip, which is currently undocumented and unsupported. I am doing the best I can to support this.
Is your Webcam the supported one ?
http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/cameras.html :
Creative Labs WebCam Plus (CT6840; U.S.A. model)
The other one is from outside the US...
Well, I do have the CT6840 and I'm located now in Madrid (Spain), and that's in Europe, IIRC :-) ...
<*]xawtv is recommended tp use the webcam, so I dowloaded it. Although the <*]compilation/installation went fine (there are some warnings at compilation <*]time though), I get the following error messages: <*] <*]--- <*]# xawtv <*]This is xawtv-3.28, running on Linux/i586 (2.2.14) <*]visual: id=0x22 class=4 (TrueColor), depth=16 <*]x11: 1024x768, 16 bit/pixel, 2048 byte/scanline, DGA <*]can't open /dev/video: No such device <*]v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway <*]open /dev/video: No such device <*]can't open /dev/video: No such device <*]v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway <*]open /dev/video: No such device <*]no video grabber device available <*]---
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? [snip]
<*]Furthermore, a /sbin/init.d/usb status shows that the USB modules have been loaded but no USB device was found :-( <*] <*]Do you know what could be going wrong? Thanks a lot in advance!
Any error messages? What's does /var/log/messages say about that?
Actually only the ones reported when launching xawtv
What about your USB hardware?
It works fine. I just tested it on a Windoze machine we have at work and made a nice picture of myself... =B-) Martin
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Martin Mielke wrote: <*] <*]Well, I do have the CT6840 and I'm located now in Madrid (Spain), and that's <*]in Europe, IIRC :-) ... Well, good for you! The support's WWW may be wrong. I don't know. <*]> 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... <*] <*]> <*]Furthermore, a /sbin/init.d/usb status shows that the USB modules have <*]been loaded but no USB device was found :-( <*]> <*] <*]> <*]Do you know what could be going wrong? Thanks a lot in advance! <*]> <*]> Any error messages? What's does /var/log/messages say about that? <*] <*]Actually only the ones reported when launching xawtv <*] <*]> What about your USB hardware? <*] <*]It works fine. I just tested it on a Windoze machine we have at work and <*]made a nice picture of myself... =B-) <*] 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: (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 Your USB hardware may not be well supported under Linux too. Good luck. Nicolas ________________ 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. _________________
participants (2)
-
Martin Mielke -
Nicolas Beaulieu