USB Camera

[david walcroft]

Andy Green wrote:
> david walcroft wrote:
>> My usb connection to FC6 is not being detected automatically,
>> What do I do to check where my problem is.
> 
> First job if nothing is happening is to find out the USB ID of your 
> camera and google on it with "Linux" in the search.
> 
> If you do
> 
> tail -f /var/log/messages
> 
> and plug the camera in, look for something with the USB vendor:product 
> ID in hex, eg, 0ABC:1234 mentioned.
> 
> Some webcams are supported by Fedora but most need an out-of-tree driver.
> 
> -Andy
> 
It seems the camera is detected but what device is used to connect to 
KDE graphics [Picasa etc] and to bring it up automaticaly.

[david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo tail -f /var/log/messages

Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device 
using ohci_hcd and address 6
Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 
choice
Apr  3 09:16:59 reddwarf kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass 
Storage devices
Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access 
FUJIFILM USB-DRIVEUNIT    1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable 
disk sda
Apr  3 09:17:04 reddwarf kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 
type 0

   Thanks  david