Gateway NV55C 1.3 MP webcam - Where ,> is it?? **SOLVED**

[Jay Ridgley]

On 12/18/11 10:37, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:36:16 +0100 From: Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> To:
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Gateway NV55C 1.3 MP webcam - Where
> is it?? Message-ID: <201112181436.16931.kassube at gmx.net> Content-Type:
> Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Jay Ridgley wrote:
>>>>> >  >>  >    I recently purchased a brand new laptop system as above. In
>>>>> >  >>  >    Windows the webcam works.
>>>>> >  >>  >
>>>>> >  >>  >    However, in Ubuntu 10.04.3 it does not show up at all. What
>>>>> >  >>  >    must I do to enable it? As far as I know (from Windows) it is
>>>>> >  >>  >    a usb video device.
>> >  cdjsys at kodiak:~$ lsusb
>> >  Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:c21c Suyin Corp.
> The line above is the entry for your camera. According to google, that
> camera is a uvc device and I think it should be supported by the
> uvcvideo module. Try the program guvcview to find out if it works.
>
> However depending on your application you may need the v4l1
> compatibility library, especially skype is one of those candidates.
> Install the package libv4l-0 and then run the command
>
> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
>
> in a terminal to use the camera with skype.
>
>
> Nils

THANKS That was exactly what I needed. I installed the guvcview and the libv4l-0 
package was included in the list of items to be installed. It works as expected!

Somehow, I expected the lsusb to mention webcam...

Very happy now!

Thanks again,
Jay

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