[ubuntu-uk] Very cheap webcam

[michael]

Hi Pete,

To find the hardware type:

Connect the webcam

Open up a terminal

Type in: lsusb and press return. This will display all usb devices
connected to the system

You should get a list containing lines similar to this:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Locate the camera entry and copy the ID number (from above this would
be:  1d6b:0002 )

Paste into google or your preferred search and have a click around. This
should get you the camera type and point you in the correct direction.

Also have a look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam for some
more pointers.


Michael

On 30/05/12 19:08, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>
>
> On 30 May 2012 18:30, pete smout <psmouty at live.com
> <mailto:psmouty at live.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 30/05/12 17:59, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>
>
>
>         On 30 May 2012 17:56, pete smout <psmouty at live.com
>         <mailto:psmouty at live.com>
>         <mailto:psmouty at live.com <mailto:psmouty at live.com>>> wrote:
>
>            Hi all,
>
>            I have just purchased a very cheap webcam (£1.00), and I
>         cannot get
>            *buntu to recognise it?!
>
>            The only details I have are:
>
>            PNP (plug and Play)
>            CMOS colour sensors  ?
>            24 bit true colour video mode
>            USB interface
>
>
>            "System Requirements"
>            Pentium 200, or higher CPU
>            win 98SE - XP
>
>            My Machine (s)
>            Ideally It would be used with the laptop so I will give
>         that ones specs!
>
>
>
>            running Oneric (11.10)
>            Kernel 3.0.0-20-generic
>            Gnome 3.2.1
>            Dual core Intel Core duo T5250
>            3gb ram
>
>            Trying to use cheese but have got Kamoso installed and open to
>            suggestions!
>
>            I have a driver on disk for Windows but cannot get any joy
>         with wine
>            or Mono-runtime
>
>            Any Ideas gratefully received
>
>
>         Grep for it in dmesg, you should at least be able to get a
>         manufacturer's name if it's connecting.
>
>         s/
>         --
>         Twitter: @sfgreenwood
>         "TBA are particularly glib"
>
>
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I hope this makes more sense to you than it does me!
>
>     pete at petes-lappy:/var/log$ grep usb dmesg
>     [    0.394321] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
>     [    0.394339] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
>     [    0.394388] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
>     [    1.070556] usb usb7: hash matches
>     [    1.604097] usb 3-1: new low speed USB device number 2 using
>     uhci_hcd
>     [    2.016067] usb 5-1: new full speed USB device number 2 using
>     uhci_hcd
>     [    2.298272] input: SONiX USB Device as
>     /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input5
>     [    2.298444] generic-usb 0003:0C45:7428.0001: input,hidraw0: USB
>     HID v1.00 Mouse [SONiX USB Device] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1/input0
>     [    2.298471] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
>     [    2.298474] usbhid: USB HID core driver
>     pete at petes-lappy:/var/log$
>
>     The web cam was the only thing plugged in to usb at the time of
>     running...
>
> Hmm, looks like some Sonix devices are supported but not that one. It
> *might* work with the Windows drivers and ndiswrapper: try extracting
> the installer in Wine and install the driver with sudo ndiswrapper -i
> /filepath/filename.inf where /filepath/filename.inf is the path to the
> extracted files and the driver inf file. Video4Linux might also work
> but again there's no guarantee.
>
> s/
> -- 
> Twitter: @sfgreenwood
> "TBA are particularly glib"
>
>
>

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