Howto Get Eyetoy Webcam working for Ubuntu

[kyleskimskate]

OK, so when I do the second code in the guide-the rastageeks one- i put that into the terminal and it comes up with a 404 message. I went to the site and it doesn't exist anymore! What should I do!

[PhoenixP3K]

The package gets updated all the time. Got to http://www.rastageeks.org/downloads/ov51x-jpeg/ to see what is the latest version.
Currently it's: http://www.rastageeks.org/downloads/...g-1.5.9.tar.gz

[jvincent08]

Ok, I've compiled and installed v1.5.9 and everything went well, but the video coming from the camera is purple and green..

Any ideas?

[findingmemo]

hello, I have a problem and this topic more like it. I have ubuntu 8.10 relaised on my laptop. ( MSI vr330, its my laptop) I m new on ubuntu. so I have harddrivers problem that I cant set up my web cam. how I can set up it? I didnt find a way for setup driver online. its Piranha web camera and model is pc 4000 4.0 Megapixel.
Cant I set up it? becoz I searched a way on net but there is drivers for Windows. what can I do?
thanx...
(Mehmet Demirkeser From Turkey)

[jvincent08]

hello, I have a problem and this topic more like it. I have ubuntu 8.10 relaised on my laptop. ( MSI vr330, its my laptop) I m new on ubuntu. so I have harddrivers problem that I cant set up my web cam. how I can set up it? I didnt find a way for setup driver online. its Piranha web camera and model is pc 4000 4.0 Megapixel.
Cant I set up it? becoz I searched a way on net but there is drivers for Windows. what can I do?
thanx...
(Mehmet Demirkeser From Turkey)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c...rs&btnG=Search

The results are in a foreign language (presumably Turkish), so I can't direct you to anywhere specific, but maybe you'll find a solution after looking around some.

[findingmemo]

yea, I tried so searching in Turkish too. But there isnt a solution for Piranha for Ubuntu. Windows is ok but Linux not available. I want to use my web cam with pidgin mesanger on ubuntu. can it be possible??
thanks for in intrested my problem...

[jvincent08]

yea, I tried so searching in Turkish too. But there isnt a solution for Piranha for Ubuntu. Windows is ok but Linux not available. I want to use my web cam with pidgin mesanger on ubuntu. can it be possible??
thanks for in intrested my problem...

Even if you find drivers for your webcam, Pidgin does not have video support. There are many other options, though, such as video conferencing applications like Skype, or even setting up a webcam server that people can connect to using their web browser.

[Lichig0]

I'm pretty sure everything installed fine, but Ubuntu (I'm using 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex) doesn't see the Eye Toy or something. When I type dmesg I get

"[ 1076.260078] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 3"

How would I get it to be recognized?

[Lichig0]

Anyone? Please!

[trodden]

Ok, I've compiled and installed v1.5.9 and everything went well, but the video coming from the camera is purple and green..

Any ideas?

I have the same problem.