I have tried 3 different webcams that are supposed to be supported by opensuse. I have tried them in 4 different computers that I have running OPENsuse 11.1 (one of them 64bit) and I have not been able to make them work.
Two of the cameras have microphone integrated and that part works, but after trying every workaround and pre-loading libraries as explained here:
Yes, there is. I have a Logitech Pro 9000 UVC camera plugged into an ASUS Pundit running openSUSE 11.1 32bit. Works like a charm with uvcdynctrl, fswebcam and/or luvcview. I can do resolutions up to 960x720 but at reduced speed of 10 fps.
11.1 seems not that good with webcams, take my logitech quickcam it works fine in Ubuntu (all versions) but openSUSE 11.1 I need some extra setup to get it working.
However 11.2 picks up my webcam right away, go figure.
11.1 seems not that good with webcams, take my logitech quickcam it works fine in Ubuntu (all versions) but openSUSE 11.1 I need some extra setup to get it working.
However 11.2 picks up my webcam right away, go figure.
The 2.6.31 kernel in 11.2 I believe has considerable extra webcam drivers built in compared to the one supplied with 11.1, so that might bring some plug and play-like functionality for a lot of users. I certainly hope so because my IPEVO POV webcam does nothing in 11.1, although the microphone works at least, so I’m hoping after the upgrade miracles will occur without further driver installation.
Its hard to say what will work until it works, but then again thats why I like using linux the adventure you have wondering if something will work or not
here are the results in my other computer (using Microsoft VX3000 webcam)
dmesg|tail -n 30
usb 4-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-5:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-5:1.0: 4 ports detected
usb 4-5: New USB device found, idVendor=05e3, idProduct=0608
usb 4-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
usb 4-5: Product: USB2.0 Hub
usb 4-5.3: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
usb 4-5.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb4/4-5/4-5.3/4-5.3:1.0/input/input6
input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1a.7-5.3
usb 4-5.3: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c315
usb 4-5.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 4-5.3: Product: Logitech USB Keyboard
usb 4-5.3: Manufacturer: Logitech
usb 4-5.4: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
usb 4-5.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Microsoft Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse v2.0 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb4/4-5/4-5.4/4-5.4:1.0/input/input7
input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse v2.0 ] on usb-0000:00:1a.7-5.4
usb 4-5.4: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=00cb
usb 4-5.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 4-5.4: Product: Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse v2.0
usb 4-5.4: Manufacturer: Microsoft
usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 3
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-2: SN9C105 PC Camera Controller detected (vid:pid 0x045E:0x00F5)
usb 2-2: No supported image sensor detected for this bridge
usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=00f5
usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
usb 2-2: Product: USB camera
This is the utmost anti linux statement I’ve read here. Change to Vista and get back in a couple of months. Linux is reliability, stability, not “wondering if something will work or not”. No hard feelings, just shocked to read this.
I think there’s a webcam repo you can add for 11.1. Have a look in Yast’s repo tool and add a community repo.
I can’t be certain because I’m using 11.2 and I never had to add that repo because my HP webcam works “out of the box”, but I’m sure I’ve seen it.
From the output you gave, it looks like the first cam had a driver loaded and even a /dev/ was assigned, so it should be working. Maybe you need to set the application up to use /dev/video0.
Also try using Skype, as that seems to handle webcams really easily.
Ok. I noticed that for the quickcam there is a driver and it seems to be working. but it does not. the questions is how do I make skype look for /dev/video0, because when I go the settings it says that theres are no video devices found, and it does not let me put the camera address manually.
Also, using cheese, it says that theres is no device found in /dev/video0
