Hello, <br>I have the Dell monitor in subject with an integrated webcam.<br>
<br>lsusb gives:<br>Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 <br>Bus 008 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 <br>Bus 007 Device 002: ID 15c2:ffdc SoundGraph Inc. iMON PAD Remote Controller<br>Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 <br>Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 <br>
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. <br>Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05a9:2643 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. <br>Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:2512 Standard Microsystems Corp. <br>Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 <br>
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 <br>Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c504 Logitech, Inc. Cordless Mouse+Keyboard Receiver<br>Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 <br>Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 <br><br>I'm using fedora 8 with kernel 2.6.23.15-137.fc8<br>
I found docs about support in ov51x-jpeg kernel module.<br>
I compiled and installed kernel module for ov51x-jpeg, version 1.5.6<br>In my xorg.xonf I have <br>Section "Module"<br> Load "dri"<br> Load "v4l"<br> Load "extmod"<br>
Load "freetype"<br> Load "glx"<br> Load "GLcore"<br> Load "type1"<br> Load "dbe"<br> Load "vbe"<br>EndSection<br>
<br>when I make a modprobe ov51x-jpeg I get in /var/log/messages<br>Feb 16 02:37:30 tekkaman kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver ov51x<br>Feb 16 02:37:30 tekkaman kernel: /home/gcecchi/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.6/ov51x-jpeg-core.c: 1.5.6 : ov51x USB Camera Driver<br>
<br>But the camera led still remains off <br>the /dev/video0 device was not created automatically, but also creating it manually as<br>crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 81, 0 2008-02-16 02:33 /dev/video0<br><br>lsmod gives<br>Module Size Used by<br>
ov51x_jpeg 141560 0 <br>videodev 28097 1 ov51x_jpeg<br>v4l2_common 18625 1 videodev<br>v4l1_compat 15941 1 videodev<br>ipt_MASQUERADE 6721 1 <br>iptable_nat 9669 1 <br>
nf_nat 18669 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat<br>nf_conntrack_ipv4 11717 3 iptable_nat<br>xt_state 6081 1 <br>nf_conntrack 51977 5 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state<br>
nfnetlink 8281 3 nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack<br>ipt_REJECT 7617 2 <br>xt_tcpudp 6977 4 <br>iptable_filter 6465 1 <br>ip_tables 14213 2 iptable_nat,iptable_filter<br>
x_tables 14277 6 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,xt_state,ipt_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables<br>bridge 47193 0 <br>autofs4 20421 2 <br>sunrpc 140765 1 <br>cpufreq_ondemand 10317 2 <br>
acpi_cpufreq 12365 0 <br>dm_mirror 21697 0 <br>dm_multipath 18249 0 <br>dm_mod 46465 2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath<br>ipv6 245989 14 <br>kvm_intel 21333 0 <br>
kvm 56821 1 kvm_intel<br>snd_hda_intel 274529 0 <br>snd_seq_dummy 6725 0 <br>snd_seq_oss 29889 0 <br>snd_seq_midi_event 9793 1 snd_seq_oss<br>snd_seq 44849 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event<br>
snd_usb_audio 75329 1 <br>snd_pcm_oss 37569 0 <br>snd_usb_lib 17345 1 snd_usb_audio<br>snd_mixer_oss 16705 1 snd_pcm_oss<br>snd_rawmidi 21185 1 snd_usb_lib<br>snd_pcm 63685 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss<br>
firewire_ohci 19137 0 <br>snd_seq_device 10061 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi<br>firewire_core 36737 1 firewire_ohci<br>fglrx 1467468 22 <br>snd_timer 20549 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm<br>
crc_itu_t 6081 1 firewire_core<br>snd_page_alloc 11337 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm<br>snd_hwdep 10309 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio<br>i2c_i801 12112 0 <br>pcspkr 6593 0 <br>
snd 43461 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep<br>i2c_core 21825 1 i2c_i801<br>button 10449 0 <br>
serio_raw 9029 0 <br>e1000e 86757 0 <br>iTCO_wdt 13797 0 <br>soundcore 9633 1 snd<br>iTCO_vendor_support 7109 1 iTCO_wdt<br>lirc_imon 17605 0 <br>
lirc_dev 15237 1 lirc_imon<br>sr_mod 17509 0 <br>sg 31965 0 <br>cdrom 33889 1 sr_mod<br>pata_marvell 8385 0 <br>ahci 22853 3 <br>
libata 100401 2 pata_marvell,ahci<br>sd_mod 27329 4 <br>scsi_mod 120013 4 sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod<br>ext3 110665 2 <br>jbd 52457 1 ext3<br>
mbcache 10177 1 ext3<br>uhci_hcd 23633 0 <br>ohci_hcd 21445 0 <br>ehci_hcd 31821 0 <br><br><br>I don't get any webcam application to work. Tried with ekiga, mplayer and skype 2.0.43 beta.<br>
for example:<br>[gcecchi@tekkaman ~]$ mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0<br>MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team<br>CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU @ 3.00GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 9)<br>
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1<br>Compiled with runtime CPU detection.<br>mplayer: could not connect to socket<br>mplayer: No such file or directory<br>Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.<br>
<br>Playing tv://.<br>TV file format detected.<br>Selected driver: v4l<br> name: Video 4 Linux input<br> author: Alex Beregszaszi<br> comment: under development<br>unable to open '/dev/video0': No such device<br>
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<br>Exiting... (End of file)<br><br>ekiga and skype say no device found...<br>Any hints to get it work?<br>Thanks in advance,<br><font color="#888888">Gianluca<br></font>