Getting Skype webcam working

[Karl Larsen]

Colin Brace wrote:
> Unplug the webcam. Run $ dmesg | tail. Plug in the webcam. Run $ dmesg
> again. What is the output?
>
> If dmesg indicates only a new USB device and nothing more, then your
> webcam isn't recognized by any of the standard kernel modules.
>
>   
    Here is the output.
karl at karl-desktop:~$ dmesg | tail
[   74.060000] Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed.
[   74.204000] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -67433957 ns)
[   75.920000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[   80.932000] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[   80.932000] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[   91.844000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 3047.872000] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and 
address 2
[ 3048.088000] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3048.496000] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[ 6784.012000] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2
karl at karl-desktop:~$ dmesg | tail
[   75.920000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[   80.932000] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[   80.932000] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[   91.844000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 3047.872000] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and 
address 2
[ 3048.088000] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 3048.496000] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[ 6784.012000] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2
[ 6863.672000] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and 
address 3
[ 6863.888000] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
karl at karl-desktop:~$

    It looks like it is using ohci_hcd but I don't know what that is.

Karl



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