web cam

[CrankyOldBugger]

I did a quick Google on "gspca_spca561,gspca_main" and they all seem to
refer to v4l2ucp, as did that other link I sent you, so I'm going to
suggest that this is where we should concentrate.





On 9 May 2014 10:39, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> here is what I get:   108503  2 gspca_spca561,gspca_main
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:36 AM, CrankyOldBugger <
> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Type lsmod | grep videodev. The driver name will appear on the line
>> starting with "videodev".  Please let us know what you see there.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9 May 2014 10:30, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Mathieu, it's a nextech and it works fine with cheese and google
>>> hangout.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <
>>> mathieu.tl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What model?
>>>>
>>>> Despite being recognized, some cameras (like the Microsoft ones) have
>>>> finicky drivers that sometimes just don't work. It's important here to
>>>> check the model, see in dmesg if the driver complains, etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl at gmail.com>
>>>> Freenode: cyphermox, Jabber: mathieu.tl at gmail.com
>>>> 4096R/EE018C93 1967 8F7D 03A1 8F38 732E  FF82 C126 33E1 EE01 8C93
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Hi, yes the camera is being recognized, it says ' generic digital
>>>> camera "
>>>> > but nothing in the test window it's black.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:19 AM, CrankyOldBugger <
>>>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Is the camera just not being recognised, or are you getting an error
>>>> >> message?  If the latter, what is the error?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> If the camera is not being recognised, can you turn it on before you
>>>> start
>>>> >> Skype then try to get Skype to see it while it's running?
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 9 May 2014 07:22, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Hi, I posted a request for info about getting a webcam to work on
>>>> skype
>>>> >>> with my pc running ubuntu 14.04 and unity and I tried all the tips
>>>> in ubuntu
>>>> >>> help to no avail, my 2 daughters are also using ubuntu 14.04 on
>>>> their
>>>> >>> laptops and they have no problems with skype, can I assume that the
>>>> camera
>>>> >>> type is the problem for me? It is not listed in ubuntu wiki skype
>>>> webcams
>>>> >>> list. thanks
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