Howto Get Eyetoy Webcam working for Ubuntu

[towheedm]

towheedm, what's PA? I stick webcam and PA and linux into Google and all I get is stuff about a sex scandal (!!!).

PA = Pulseaudio sound server.

Did you try this:

Rename the skype binary file:

sudo mv /usr/bin/skype /usr/bin/skype.real

Create a new file named skype:

gksudo gedit /usr/bin/skype

Paste the following two lines into it:

#!/bin/bash
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 skype.real

Save the file and close gedit. Now make it executable:

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/skype

I had the same problem with the cam working with cheese etc, but no video in the skype test. The above worked for me.

Hope it helps you to.

[Chris Sharman]

Cam working fine.
Mike isn't though
I've got a motherboard mike of some kind that's badly muffled, and that seems to be the only available option.
Previously (when the camera didn't work) it did find & use the eyetoy mike.

Anyone know how to enable the logitech eyetoy microphone?

Chris

[Mountain Dew Overdose]

I'm having another issue with this...I installed the drivers, surprisingly they were in Synaptic! I'm running Ubuntu Lucid, and I'm having issues trying to get this working...

tyler@lintmagnet:~$ sudo insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/ov51x.ko
insmod: can't read '/lib/modules/2.6.32-22-generic/extra/ov51x.ko': No such file or directory

That's one of the commands I'm supposed to run from the howto, any suggestions? ?

[djmashedman]

Hey guys. Glad to see this thread is still active!

So I dug out my eyetoy, plugged it into my karmic laptop and hey presto, it works. Sorta.

It is recognised, and it shows video (no sound) but the video picture is really weird, it is as though someone turned the saturation and brightness right up, and messed with hue so I'm all green.

Opened up Cheese and started messing with saturation, hue, brightness, contrast, whatever, and it still won't get me a normal image.

Any ideas what's wrong?

[owners4life5]

works, but wget epicly fails

[dwxvi]

I'm trying to get the Black Eyetoy (Namtai, not Logitech) working in Skype in Ubuntu Jaunty...I've tried SEVERAL things and now I have the mic working fine, but after using towheedm's instructions, I finally have video, but the video looks like an acid trip. There are also greyish-green horizontal lines going all across the frame, but this is the first time I've ever had video working. Anyone know how to solve this problem??

[towheedm]

I'm trying to get the Black Eyetoy (Namtai, not Logitech) working in Skype in Ubuntu Jaunty...I've tried SEVERAL things and now I have the mic working fine, but after using towheedm's instructions, I finally have video, but the video looks like an acid trip. There are also greyish-green horizontal lines going all across the frame, but this is the first time I've ever had video working. Anyone know how to solve this problem??

Could you post a screenshot? It sounds as though it's a resolution problem.

[knil727]

I'm running 10.04 and I've tried instructions once. I found out that on a fresh install of 10.04 that there isn't a video.0 file. Which to my understanding is needed to install the eyetoy. Any suggestions? Or just private message me with instructions for a complete n00b...

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

I'm running 10.04 and I've tried instructions once. I found out that on a fresh install of 10.04 that there isn't a video.0 file. Which to my understanding is needed to install the eyetoy. Any suggestions? Or just private message me with instructions for a complete n00b...

try

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

and have another go

[knil727]

try

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

and have another go

I have the restricted extras already. I realized that I didn't have the file in the right place to extract it in the first place but I can't get all the "insmod" commands to work... I'll past my whole log from my brick call attempts here.

me@Jad:~$ tar -xvf ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9.tar.gz
ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/
ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/test/
ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/test/Makefile
ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/test/getjpeg.c
ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/Makefile
ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c
ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov518-decomp.c
ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg.h
ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov519-decomp.c
ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov511-decomp.c
ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov7670.h
ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ChangeLog
me@Jad:~$ cd ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9
me@Jad:~/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for me:
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/build M=/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-24-generic'
CC [M] /home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.o
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c: In function ‘create_proc_ov511_cam’:
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c:677: error: implicit declaration of function ‘info’
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c:681: error: ‘struct proc_dir_entry’ has no member named ‘owner’
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c:689: error: ‘struct proc_dir_entry’ has no member named ‘owner’
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c:700: error: ‘struct proc_dir_entry’ has no member named ‘owner’
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c:712: error: ‘struct proc_dir_entry’ has no member named ‘owner’
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c: In function ‘proc_ov511_create’:
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c:766: error: ‘struct proc_dir_entry’ has no member named ‘owner’
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c: In function ‘ov51x_clear_snapshot’:
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c:1691: error: implicit declaration of function ‘warn’
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c: In function ‘ov51x_v4l1_ioctl’:
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c:6386: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘video_usercopy’ from incompatible pointer type
include/media/v4l2-ioctl.h:298: note: expected ‘struct file *’ but argument is of type ‘struct inode *’
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c:6386: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘video_usercopy’ makes integer from pointer without a cast
include/media/v4l2-ioctl.h:298: note: expected ‘unsigned int’ but argument is of type ‘struct file *’
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c:6386: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘video_usercopy’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
include/media/v4l2-ioctl.h:298: note: expected ‘v4l2_kioctl’ but argument is of type ‘long unsigned int’
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c:6386: error: too many arguments to function ‘video_usercopy’
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c: At top level:
/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.c:6651: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9/ov51x-jpeg-core.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/me/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-24-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2
me@Jad:~/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9$ sudomodprobe videodev
sudomodprobe: command not found
me@Jad:~/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9$ sudo modprobe videodev
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
me@Jad:~/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9$ sudo modprobe i2c_core
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
me@Jad:~/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9$ sudo insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/ov51x.ko
insmod: can't read '/lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/extra/ov51x.ko': No such file or directory
me@Jad:~/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9$ sudo insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/ov51x.ko
insmod: can't read '/lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/extra/ov51x.ko': No such file or directory
me@Jad:~/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9$ sudo insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/ov51x
insmod: can't read '/lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/extra/ov51x': No such file or directory
me@Jad:~/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9$ sudo insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ov51x.ko
insmod: can't read '/lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/ov51x.ko': No such file or directory
me@Jad:~/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9$ sudo insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/ov519_decomp.ko
insmod: can't read '/lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/extra/ov519_decomp.ko': No such file or directory
me@Jad:~/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9$ sudo insmod `uname -r`/ov51x
insmod: can't read '2.6.32-24-generic/ov51x': No such file or directory
me@Jad:~/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9$