Clicksmart 310 webcam

Keith Clark keithclark at k-wbookworm.com
Sat Aug 8 01:19:11 UTC 2009


On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 19:56 -0400, Keith Clark wrote:
> I'm trying to get my old Logitech Clicksmart 310 webcam to work with
> 9.04 and am not having a great deal of luck.
> 
> keithclark at HP1211N:~$ lsusb
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 003 Device 008: ID 046d:0900 Logitech, Inc. ClickSmart 310
> Bus 003 Device 006: ID 046d:c283 Logitech, Inc. WingMan Force 3D
> Bus 003 Device 004: ID 03f0:1205 Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 4500C/5550C
> Bus 003 Device 003: ID 03f0:1c17 Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet 2550l
> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0451:2046 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2046 Hub
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 058f:9360 Alcor Micro Corp. 8-in-1 Media Card
> Reader
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0000:0001  
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> 
> 
> 
> I saw somewhere to run gstreamer-properties and see what I got when I
> tried to access the camera.  Here is the output:
> 
> keithclark at HP1211N:~$ gstreamer-properties
> gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'artsdsink'
> gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'esdsink'
> gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'glimagesink'
> gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'sdlvideosink'
> gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'v4lmjpegsrc'
> gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'qcamsrc'
> gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'esdmon'
> gstreamer-properties-Message: Error running pipeline 'Video for Linux
> (v4l)': Device "/dev/video0" does not exist. [v4l_calls.c(168):
> gst_v4l_open (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4lSrc:v4lsrc2]
> 
> It seems as though Ubuntu does not recognize the /dev/video0 which I'm
> assuming is my video cam.
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
> 
I do notice that when I plug in the webcam while watching /dev/ I see
video0 for a few seconds and then it disappears.  If that information
helps any.

Keith






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