hello dear linux experts
i run opensuse verion 12.3 on a samsung notebook - version q 210
one week ago i installed skype for linux on the machine - i guess it is called skype for linux versino 4.xy
all went well and now i am happy that i can use skype.
but one thing is left. the video signal.
note: i have a little camera in the notebook - in the samsung notebook q 210
question: how to activate it? How to to bring it to work? What is needed?
Many thanks for any and all help
greetings
lin
We need a little info about the camera chipset.
lsusb
On 08/16/2013 10:56 AM, dilbertone wrote:
> how to activate it? How to to bring it to work? What is
> needed?
you kinda need to tell us what you have done so far…i mean, here
all i had to do was open Skype’s “Options” area, the select “Video
Devices” and then click to check mark enable “Enable Skype Video”,
Start my video automatically when i am in a call", select the WebCam
in the spinner, etc etc etc and click “Test”…
here http://susepaste.org/52815714 it just worked,
where did it go wrong for you?
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hi there
thx you buth - i just tested the following
martin@linux-70ce:~> lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 174f:5931 Syntek
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0a5c:2101 Broadcom Corp. BCM2045 Bluetooth
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 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 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
martin@linux-70ce:~>
now i try to get to do all what denverd has adviced. hope that i can get it done -
btw - hopefully i have set up the right version of skype - i guess it is the version 4.2
i guess i took it from here;
Download [i]Skype for Linux, get Skype for Linuxwww.skype.com/de/download-skype/skype-for-linux/
greetings
hello again
by the way this could be also of interest
linux-70ce:/home/martin # lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G98 [GeForce 9200M GS] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device 7131
Kernel driver in use: ath5k
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device c041
Kernel driver in use: sky2
linux-70ce:/home/martin #
look forward to hear from you
greetings
after doing all that denverd adviced it works
many thanks
greeetings
Glad to read DenverD’s advice worked for you 
As a point of interest for other’s who may read this thread, dilberone’s webcam is this:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 174f:5931 Syntek
The openSUSE page for webcams is here: https://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Web_cameras and the openSUSE page for installing Skype is here https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Skype:
and according to this openSUSE web page for wecams, one goes here to check if one’s webcam is supported by the UVC driver: Linux UVC driver & tools
and in this case, the 174f:5931 Syntek webcam IS a UVC (USB Video Class) compatible webcam and hence it should work ‘out of the box’ with openSUSE (as the UVC webcam driver comes with the kernel provided by openSUSE).