Problem with webcam usb HP in Kubuntu 7.04

[Derek Broughton]

Tomas wrote:

> I have  a webcam usb in my pc with kubuntu 7.4 but the webcam dosen't work
>     kubuntu, my webcam is a HP.
>     What should I do for solve my problem?

I have solutions (maybe) :-)  What HP do you have?  I have a pavilion
dv6000.

What does lsusb tell you?

$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 024: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia

If you get the same ID (0c45:62c0) it is at least semi-supported via
uvcvideo.  Unfortunately, _nothing_ in Feisty supports that camera, afaict. 
Also unfortunately, the DV6000 may also come with an unsupported Ricoh
webcam.

Under feisty, I downloaded & compile luvcview (just google for it), and was
able to get the webcam to work.  It didn't work under mplayer or kopete. I
installed ekiga, which I'd been told worked (it didn't).

Since installing gutsy, I can now get it to work under kopete.  I'm getting
more promising results from mplayer (and there's a patch I want to try
out), and it still doesn't work under ekiga.  It's not my most pressing
problem though, so I haven't tried anything for a couple of days.
-- 
derek