[Done] usb webcam

[JJF]

Trying to setup Creative D1001 USB webcam on mageia 4.1 64b.
lsusb sees and reports the device.
Yet, both motion and cheese display an error similar to: ....can't find /dev/video0.
I'ld appreciate a step by step instructions as to how to set up correctly the webcam using motion detection.
JJF

[doktor5000]

Please show the output of

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lspcidrake -v

[doktor5000]

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lspcidrake -v
r8169           : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.|RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:10ec device:8168 subv:1462 subd:7519) (rev: 03)
pata_jmicron    : JMicron Technology Corp.|JMB368 IDE controller [STORAGE_IDE] (vendor:197b device:2368 subv:197b subd:2363)
Card:NVIDIA GeForce 8100 to GeForce 360: NVIDIA Corporation|G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:10de device:0640 subv:1acc subd:909a) (rev: a1)
ata_piix        : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller #2 [STORAGE_IDE] (vendor:8086 device:3a26 subv:1462 subd:7519)
i2c_i801        : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller [SERIAL_SMBUS] (vendor:8086 device:3a30 subv:1462 subd:7519)
ata_piix        : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller #1 [STORAGE_IDE] (vendor:8086 device:3a20 subv:1462 subd:7519)
lpc_ich         : Intel Corporation|82801JIB (ICH10) LPC Interface Controller [BRIDGE_ISA] (vendor:8086 device:3a18 subv:1462 subd:7519)
unknown         : Intel Corporation|82801 PCI Bridge [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:244e) (rev: 90)
ehci_pci        : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:3a3a subv:1462 subd:7519)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:3a36 subv:1462 subd:7519)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:3a35 subv:1462 subd:7519)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:3a34 subv:1462 subd:7519)
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 6 [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:3a4a)
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:3a42)
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1 [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:3a40)
snd_hda_intel   : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO_DEV] (vendor:8086 device:3a3e subv:1462 subd:7519)
ehci_pci        : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:3a3c subv:1462 subd:7519)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:3a39 subv:1462 subd:7519)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:3a38 subv:1462 subd:7519)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:3a37 subv:1462 subd:7519)
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:2e21) (rev: 03)
unknown         : Intel Corporation|4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:8086 device:2e20 subv:1462 subd:7519) (rev: 03)
hub             : Linux 3.12.25-desktop-3.mga4 uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0001)
unknown         : CTL|Creative WebCam (vendor:041e device:400d)
hub             : Linux 3.12.25-desktop-3.mga4 uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0001)
hub             : Linux 3.12.25-desktop-3.mga4 uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0001)
hub             : Linux 3.12.25-desktop-3.mga4 uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0001)
Mouse:USB|Wheel : Microsoft|Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) [Human Interface Device|Boot Interface Subclass|Mouse] (vendor:045e device:0040)
hub             : Linux 3.12.25-desktop-3.mga4 ehci_hcd|EHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0002)
usb_storage     : Generic|Mass Storage Device [Mass Storage|SCSI|Bulk-Only] (vendor:058f device:6362)
hub             : Linux 3.12.25-desktop-3.mga4 ehci_hcd|EHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0002)
hub             : Linux 3.12.25-desktop-3.mga4 uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0001)
hub             : Linux 3.12.25-desktop-3.mga4 uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0001)
hid_generic     : Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)

[doktor5000]

unknown : CTL|Creative WebCam (vendor:041e device:400d)

Best get a different webcam.

Check the following links for more information on your camera:
https://web.archive.org/web/20130826031 ... org/ov511/
http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?/top ... esnt-work/
http://compgroups.net/comp.os.linux.har ... at/1274302

[JJF]

Thanks
(If I correctly remmeber, this wecam used to function in one of the earlier versions maybe mageia 2 or an entirely different distribution, on this machine. Thus I believed I could find a way to make it work.
Any explanation why there is no video0??)

thanks again
JJF

[doktor5000]

Because no driver is loaded (or it's builtin to the kernel), as you can see from the above output. Or it's missing the correct option. Did you actually read the links I've posted?

Maybe you can check with as root

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journalctl -ab | grep -i -e creative -e webcam -e 041e

what's in the logs.
Or what happens if you run as root

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journalctl -af

and then plugin the webcam?

[jiml8]

Well, there is this http://sourceforge.net/projects/epcam/s ... rce=navbar

But I will offer no opinion on how it will work for you. I would bet, since there have been no upgrades since 2011, that it would require some work to get it working.

[isadora]

Doktor5000 and Jiml8

Attached are the last lines of the " journalctl -af " before and after I plugged the device:

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Sep 19 11:06:35 localhost.localdomain kernel: Shorewall:net2fw:DROP:IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=40:61:86:4a:dd:e0:00:22:b0:db:c7:9e:08:00 SRC=94.102.51.229 DST=10.0.0.7 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=120 ID=39487 PROTO=TCP SPT=30546 DPT=5900 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
Sep 19 11:07:06 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 4-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
Sep 19 11:08:12 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 4-1: new full-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd
Sep 19 11:08:12 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 4-1: New USB device found, idVendor=041e, idProduct=400d
Sep 19 11:08:13 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 4-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Sep 19 11:08:13 localhost.localdomain mtp-probe[7067]: checking bus 4, device 3: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1"
Sep 19 11:08:13 localhost.localdomain mtp-probe[7067]: bus: 4, device: 3 was not an MTP device
Sep 19 11:08:13 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 4-1: Product: Creative WebCam
Sep 19 11:08:13 localhost.localdomain kernel: usb 4-1: Manufacturer: CTL


I also looked at the links trying to install "epcam" which, apparently, would support the device. However trying to follow the enclosed instructions in the "install" , it failed to pass the "make" phase with the following report:

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[root@localhost Epcam]# make
   Building EPCAM driver for 2.5/2.6 kernel.
   Remember: you must have read/write access to your kernel source tree.
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build  M=/home/jacob/Epcam modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernel-3.12.25-desktop-3.mga4'
  CC [M]  /home/jacob/Epcam/drivers/usb/epcam.o
In file included from /home/jacob/Epcam/drivers/usb/epcam.c:89:0:
/home/jacob/Epcam/drivers/usb/epcam.h:5:28: fatal error: linux/videodev.h: No such file or directory
 #include <linux/videodev.h>
                            ^
compilation terminated.
scripts/Makefile.build:308: recipe for target '/home/jacob/Epcam/drivers/usb/epcam.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/home/jacob/Epcam/drivers/usb/epcam.o] Error 1
Makefile:1228: recipe for target '_module_/home/jacob/Epcam' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/jacob/Epcam] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernel-3.12.25-desktop-3.mga4'
Makefile:49: recipe for target 'default' failed
make: *** [default] Error 2

Is there a chance that you can further help
Tks
JJF

[doktor5000]

/home/jacob/Epcam/drivers/usb/epcam.h:5:28: fatal error: linux/videodev.h: No such file or directory
#include <linux/videodev.h>

You could try to install v4l-devel and try to put up a symlink for that file like explained in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5842 ... untu-11-04
But this header file mentioned above must be required from pretty old code ...

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[doktor5000@Mageia4 ~]$ urpmf videodev.h                                                                                                                         
lib64v4l-devel:/usr/include/libv4l1-videodev.h
libv4l-devel:/usr/include/libv4l1-videodev.h

[JJF]

Thanks to all
I gave up and abandoned this webcam
JJF

[doktor5000]

Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [DONE], thanks