February 13, 2008 @ 13:44
Fedora webcam howto
If you have a webcam that needs some module (driver) that it is not in Fedora kernel then you usually need to compile it manually. Fedora doesn’t include any modules that aren’t in upstream kernel. Livna repository has some modules for some webcams. But if you have a webcam like mine that uses uvcvideo module which isn’t in livna repo then only solution is to compile it manually.
First step in getting your webcam working is to check if maybe it is working but you don’t know it is :)
Install application called cheese with your favorite gui of cli tool. I use yum so here is how I do it:
su -
yum install cheese
If you webcam works that is it, if it doesn’t work then you need to find out which webcam module you need to install or compile.
Start tool called v4l2-tool, if you don’t have it install it. When you start it you will see this:
Click on the last tab labeled “suggest driver”:
Then click on “lsusb output” button:
Now you need to recognize which of all listed usb devices is your webcam. I had only two lines and I recognized microdia as manufacturer of my webcam so I used manufacturer and model ID from that line in my cast that is - 0c45:62c0.
Now you need to enter that info back in main window in “vendor ID” and “product ID” boxes and press suggest driver button:
How you should get the module name and link where to get more info for installing your webcam in Fedora.
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Posted by valent
February 23, 2008 @ 12:27
This is the link to Fedora wiki:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/WebcamHowto
Posted by Steve
March 9, 2008 @ 17:27
I followed the above instructions to get my webcam driver but when i entered the manufacturer and model ID it came up
“Entered USB ID’s of a webcam is NOT supported by either uvcvideo nor gspca drivers”
The code i got for is was ebla:2760
It was a plug & play webcam I bought from eBay when I was using Windows, no drivers or any useful on or in the box.
Can anyone help??
Posted by razmjenjivacvjestina
March 11, 2008 @ 19:02
the device id is not “ebla” but eb1a and according to google usb id eb1a:2760 is in fact supported by uvcvideo
a good thing to know is about a project which leads only one man and his driver supports more then 250 diffrent cameras, spca5xx http://mxhaard.free.fr/index.html so if it ever happens that you can’t find a driver for some cam it’s worth to try his.
Posted by Steve
March 14, 2008 @ 19:57
Thanks razmjenjivacvjestina!!!
Posted by Steve
March 15, 2008 @ 0:30
After changing the ID to eb1a:2760 in v4l2-tool it still says “Entered USB ID’s of a webcam is NOT supported by either uvcvideo nor gspca drivers”
Posted by Vinicio
November 5, 2008 @ 17:02
Hi,
I followed the above instructions to get my webcam driver but i find an error
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lsusb output give me:
…
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:6270 Microdia U-CAM PC Camera NE878
…
So i write in the fields
Vendor ID: 0×0c45
Product ID: 0×6270
The message is:
Entered USB ID’s of a webcam is NOT supported by neither uvcvideo nor gspca drivers
Posted by valent
November 6, 2008 @ 11:25
If you webcam isn’t supported then only thing you can do is volonter to help out with making it work.
Or buy another webcam that works on Linux.
You need to sniff USB traffic in some windows box when webcam is working in windows.
Check out sniffing check out these links:
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/04/30/one-man-writes-linux-drivers-for-235-usb-webcams
http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/usbsnoop/
Get in touch with Michel:
http://mxhaard.free.fr/