web cam

[Raymond House]

Lots and lots of lines but here is one about gspca: [13046.928799]
gspca_main: spca561-2.14.0 probing 04fc:0561



On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <
mathieu.tl at gmail.com> wrote:

> In a terminal, type the command:
>
> dmesg
>
> It will list lots of things, there might be lines there pertaining to
> gspca (the webcam driver), as it tries to be open by Skype.
>
> 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 10:33 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > How do I see in dmesg ?
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:30 AM, 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
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> --
> >>> >>> ubuntu-ca mailing list
> >>> >>> ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> >>> >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> --
> >>> >> ubuntu-ca mailing list
> >>> >> ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> >>> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > ubuntu-ca mailing list
> >>> > ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> >>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> ubuntu-ca mailing list
> >>> ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > ubuntu-ca mailing list
> > ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca
> >
>
> --
> ubuntu-ca mailing list
> ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca
>
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