Personal summary of Installing webcam of ASUS laptop

[chunchengch]

I finally successfully install the Syntek Semicon DC-1125 driver and enable the webcam of my ASUS F3Jc laptop in the Ubuntustudio, and I suppose it should be also available for other models of ASUS laptops, however there is still a problem needs to be solved, that is the image is black-and-white, if anyone knows how to set it to be colored, please post it here, thanks a lot!


1.Update the library of hardwares PCI and USB:
$ sudo update-pciids
$ sudo update-usbids

2.Make sure your ASUS laptop has really one webcam syntek?
$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 05e1:0501 Syntek Semiconductor Co., Ltd
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c019 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
$

3.Install some dependences:
$ sudo apt-get install bin86
$ sudo apt-get install libqt3-headers
$ sudo apt-get install libqt3-mt-dev
$ sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
$ sudo apt-get install libusb-dev
$ sudo apt-get install libsane-dev
$ sudo apt-get install libsane-extras-dev
$ sudo apt-get install exuberant-ctags
$ sudo apt-get install camorama
$ sudo apt-get install subversion

(all these packages could be installed in Synaptic)

4.Download the sources and compile it:
$ cd ~
$ svn co https://syntekdriver.svn.sourceforge...t/syntekdriver
$ cd syntekdriver/trunk/driver
$ make
$ sudo modprobe videodev
$ sudo modprobe v4l1-compat
$ sudo insmod stk11xx.ko

5.Press ALT+F2 and executes ‘gksu gedit /etc/modules’ then adds the lines:
# modules for infrastructure to support the video
videodev
v4l1-compat

6.Press ALT+F2 and executes ‘gksu gedit /etc/rc.local’ then adds the following line:
insmod /home/<YourloginName>/syntekdriver/trunk/driver/stk11xx.ko
(this line must be added before last line “ exit 0 ”)

7. Reboot and then open Camorama to check if the webcam works.
Applications > Art or something? (美工繪圖) > Camorama
( I use Chinese Ubuntustudio, so please check the path yourself)

[chunchengch]

It is odd, I typed the address "syntekdriver.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/syntekdriver" in the thread, while the forum system automatically transfered it to be "syntekdriver.svn.sourceforge...t/syntekdriver", and this will cause problem while downloading driver. please modify it yourself, thanks!

I can not type http:// before the address, otherwise the address will be shortened by forum system, I suppose.

[Xephrey]

Okay, it was alright until I got to

$ svn co https://syntekdriver.svn.sourceforge...t/syntekdriver

then I got svn: Client error in parsing arguments


Help? I have an ASUS FJ3m

[chunchengch]

Xephrey,

Please read the reply #2, you may find the correct web site address.

[Xephrey]

Oh I see... alright.

Well, I was able to get through all those steps, and my cam is displaying Blue only. and when I run camorama it still says

X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 147
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
Major opcode: 147
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device

in the terminal followed by a:
"Could not connect to video device (dev/video0)
Please check connection"

Suggestions?

Thanks.

[chunchengch]

5.Press ALT+F2 and executes ‘gksu gedit /etc/modules’ then adds the lines:
# modules for infrastructure to support the video
videodev
v4l1-compat

6.Press ALT+F2 and executes ‘gksu gedit /etc/rc.local’ then adds the following line:
insmod /home/<YourloginName>/syntekdriver/trunk/driver/stk11xx.ko
(this line must be added before last line “ exit 0 ”)

[Xephrey]

okay, not its coming up and functioning, but its flashing on and off... I'm so close to having it actually function!

What can I do to stop it from flashing on and off like crazy?

[jefe]

Hi, same problem here. I'm using Feisty on Asus F5R laptop, I've done exactly as written above but still got message that there isn't any /dev/video0. Any solution, please?

[Alexander_Corvinus]

same problem here
"could not connect to video device (dev/video0) please check connection"

Asus A7M (using feisty)

[jefe]

Try the newest version, maybe it s will work now.