How to detect webcam?

hardware drivers webcam

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I googled your webcam model and chip, there are a few solutions, but i cant say they WILL work, but they are worth the try.

Solution 1

The first one, and the more reliable one, is to add and install the packages available in the following ppa. They will install a firmware loader so other apps can recognize your webcam. (remember to reboot after install)

Solution 2

Download the following file Uncompress it and execute:

cd r5u870

make

sudo make install

sudo modprobe r5u870

in that order

Solution 3/4

This is only to be done if you have a great experience building kernel modules. It can be found here

Another user who managed to build his own kernel module, instructions here

I hope one of the solutions i mentioned above solve your problem. I recommend you starting with the first one.

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camilo

Updated on September 17, 2022

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camilo over 1 year

I checked other questions and found none with my doubt.

Is there a way to display an UIActivityIndicatorView "on top" of Default.png while my iPhone application is being loaded?

Thanks in advance.

Camilo @ lx-apps.com/
- Admin about 13 years
  
  Could you please use pastebin. The data you pasted is all mixed up. Also, have you checked if your webcam is compatible? You can read all documentation regarding webcams on ubuntu here. It would also be nice if you could post your webcam's model and manufacturer.
- Admin about 13 years
  
  @sebikul: it's really perfectly fine to paste data to askubuntu.com, without using external services. Of course it should be formatted (four spaces before text, as DoR edited). Even if you paste something lengthy, askubuntu.com will format it meaningfully.
- Admin about 13 years
  
  @Olli: I know you can paste data directly to Askubuntu, but before the edit, it was all in one line, and it was really hard to understand
- Admin about 13 years
  
  @sebikul: therefore, it's better to edit it, instead of using external service, which can be down etc. You can also suggest edits to posts (and then moderators will accept those).
- Admin about 13 years
  
  @Olli: I never thought that, great suggestion!!
camilo almost 14 years

Oh damn! Well, thanks for the help anyway. Guess I'll have to change the data loading to somewhere else in the application, and not when it is loading.
kennytm almost 14 years

@camilo: You can update the UI to anything on -applicationDidFinishLaunching:, then do the data loading.
camilo almost 14 years

Iep, that was what I was thinking. It will not be a big change in the code, fortunately. Thanks for the tip.
Vishwas about 13 years

ya it help me alot and not i got ma webcam working .......thnaks guys!!!!!
Vishwas over 12 years

Guys i m in trouble again. Above instruction helped me earlier but now i have updated my system to Ubuntu 11.10 and followed the same instruction again but yet my webcam is no working..Help me!!!!!