Netbook webcam issue

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Hi all.

I am running Suse 11.1. Gnome on a Samsung NC10 netbook.
I have read around the web that its Namuga 1.3M webcam should be recognized out of the box, but I have some problems.
In fact, neither through Cheese nor through F-Spot I manage too see anything, but installing lucview and running the “luvcview -f yuv” command (another suggestion I found wandering in the web) I can see my tired face… So, why is Suse seeing my webcam with some tools and not with some else?

Running the command “dmesg | grep video” I get:

pci 0000:00:02.0: Boot video device
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Namuga 1.3M Webcam (0ac8:c326)
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo

dmesg | grep Namuga:

pci 0000:00:02.0: Boot video device
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Namuga 1.3M Webcam (0ac8:c326)
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo

dmesg | grep usb:

usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-9-default ehci_hcd
usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-9-default uhci_hcd
usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-8: New USB device found, idVendor=0ac8, idProduct=c326
usb 1-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-8: Product: Namuga 1.3M Webcam
usb 1-8: Manufacturer: Vimicro Corp.
usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-9-default uhci_hcd
usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-9-default uhci_hcd
usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=2101
usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 3-2: Product: BCM92045NMD
usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp
usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 002269E108A4
usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-9-default uhci_hcd
usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.3
input: Namuga 1.3M Webcam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/input/input7
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
usbcore: registered new interface driver hci_usb

Any suggestion?

Kind regards, and thanks in advance for your help!

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I’ve been figured that out, too with my built-in Webcam (Chicony USB 2.0 Webcam on Lenovo 3000 N200).
I think it’s not linux itself, but these tools, because they support different WebCam drivers.
I found out that, as i was upgrading to openSUSE 11.1 and i wanted to videochat in kopete.
The new KDE4-kopete wasn’t able to use my webcam, although it was detectet (uvcvideo was automatically installed) and luvcview worked with it well.
Among other things this was a reason for me downgrading to openSUSE 11.0, where kopete recognizes my camera / is able to use it.

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Hi i have an nc10 running XP with a Namuga 1.3M webcam. When i try to open the webcam, i get a “an invalid argument was encountered” message and this is repeated when i try to access the resolutin and device settings within the application. Can anyone guide me in a direction that can solve this?

Thanks in advance

Pete