getting a webcam to work.

[Ewan the moomintroll]

Hi,
I have a Lili webcam: http://www.unitedpepper.org.uk/prodd...Webcam%20(Red) and I can't get it working. When I plug it in nothing happens, and the dmesg is:
[41688.723334] usb 4-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
[41688.856374] usb 4-4: unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start: -71
[41688.856387] usb 4-4: chopping to 0 config(s)
[41688.857994] usb 4-4: string descriptor 0 read error: -71
[41688.890680] usb 4-4: no configuration chosen from 0 choices

Can anyone help me set it up, or should I give up?

Thanks,
Ewan

[teaker1s]

lsub

find the exact vendor and product id and then you can search for driver.

[Ewan the moomintroll]

I'm not sure I follow... the webcam is made by a company called united pepper.
What do I do with lsub?

[Wobblybob]

think Teaker1s meant to say get the result of lsusb, with webcam plugged in, type this into a terminal and check the results, it should give you more details of the cam and enable a better search result for help.

[teaker1s]

correct you need webcam plugged in and terminal type the code

lsusb

often with devices the makers name is useless and we can find much more by vendor and product id. example

daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:0111 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Card Reader
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:200a Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth dongle
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:08af Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Easy/Cool
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

note the red string is my webcam vendor and product id, find the whole line and paste as a reply

[Ewan the moomintroll]

Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0c45:6270 Microdia U-CAM PC Camera NE878
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

[teaker1s]

Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0c45:6270 Microdia U-CAM PC Camera NE878

don't seem to be able to find MUCH support for it in common drivers
found this discussion
http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewt...p?f=49&t=17132

[Ewan the moomintroll]

Thanks a lot for finding that.
I'm trying to follow:

sudo aptitude install kernel-package linux-source build-essential git-core exuberant-ctags cheese
git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/microdia.git
cd microdia
make
sudo insmod ./microdia.ko
cheese

what do I do with this bit: "kernel-package linux-source"?

[teaker1s]

sudo aptitude install nameofpackage nameofpackage1

will install each package listed. have you tried plugging camera in then

cheese

can you see yourself on camera?

if no try rebooting and again

cheese

if nothing post output of

lsmod

[Ewan the moomintroll]

When I enter:

sudo insmod ./microdia.ko

I get:

insmod: can't read './microdia.ko': No such file or directory

I can't see myself.
My lsmod output is...long; is there any part of it you need?