My Webcam likes Cheese but...[SOLVED]

[riki]

I have just installed Cheese and it works with my Creative Live! CAM Vista IM VF0260. However, Skype still won't have it. I am running LMDE. Any thoughts? Thanks.

[lauren]

Hi!
First I would run

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lsub

to find out details about the web cam; my part of output:

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Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:63f1 Microdia Integrated Webcam

afterwards search e.g. with Google. Then

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dmesg

and search an entry with web cam; in my case (cam works with Skype) I found:

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[   18.227264] input: Integrated_Webcam_2M as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/input/input7
[   18.227351] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[   18.227353] USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)

lauren

[riki]

Hi!
First I would run

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lsub

to find out details about the web cam; my part of output:

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Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:63f1 Microdia Integrated Webcam

afterwards search e.g. with Google. Then

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dmesg

and search an entry with web cam; in my case (cam works with Skype) I found:

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[   18.227264] input: Integrated_Webcam_2M as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/input/input7
[   18.227351] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[   18.227353] USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)

lauren

Thanks lauren but I have just received a message from Creative saying that they do not have a driver for Linux.

Edit. Also, your command not found.

[lauren]

Hi!
Okay.

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dmesg

runs with Gnome and KDE; strange that you had no success with LMDE, because it's a very useful command.
lauren

[riki]

Hi!
Okay.

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dmesg

runs with Gnome and KDE; strange that you had no success with LMDE, because it's a very useful command.
lauren

It's your first command that doesn't work: lsub

[lauren]

Hi!
Sorry, I made a mistake, of course, it's

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lsusb

lauren

[riki]

Hi!
Sorry, I made a mistake, of course, it's

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lsusb

lauren

Right...this is what I get:

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 041e:4052 Creative Technology, Ltd Live! Cam Vista IM
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 062a:0000 Creative Labs Optical mouse
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 049f:000e Compaq Computer Corp. Internet Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1307:0330 Transcend Information, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[lauren]

Hi!
1. See http://wiki.debian.org/HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI
2. I would search (hex numbers from "lsusb"):

041e:4052

lauren

[riki]

Hi!
1. See http://wiki.debian.org/HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI
2. I would search (hex numbers from "lsusb"):

041e:4052

lauren

Sorry lauren but I am beginning to get confused, stuck at this point.

[lauren]

Hi!
What I wanted to say: search with Google, entering

041e:4052

I found:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeWebCams
I know, it's Ubuntu, but sometimes hints from Ubuntu work in Mint.
lauren

[riki]

Hi!
What I wanted to say: search with Google, entering

041e:4052

I found:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeWebCams
I know, it's Ubuntu, but sometimes hints from Ubuntu work in Mint.
lauren

Many thanks for your time lauren. I am abandoning this task (again!) because I don't really want to bork my system as I've done in the past. I must confess that CLI is not my forte, I'm a GUI guy and the less I tinkle with commands, the least trouble I get into.

[lauren]

Okay, I understand.
There are too many possibilities why something does not work. Remote diagnosis is complicated.
lauren

[defcon]

Open a terminal and type:

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LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

When it works, you can create a script.

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#!/bin/sh
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

Save it as skype-webcam-fix.sh in /usr/bin
Make it executable:
chmod a+x /usr/bin/skype-webcam-fix.sh

Then edit /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop

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Exec=/usr/bin/skype-webcam-fix.sh

[riki]

Open a terminal and type:

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LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

When it works, you can create a script.

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#!/bin/sh
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

Save it as skype-webcam-fix.sh in /usr/bin
Make it executable:
chmod a+x /usr/bin/skype-webcam-fix.sh

Then edit /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop

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Exec=/usr/bin/skype-webcam-fix.sh

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It works! How did you work that one out? I've been trying for years to find a drive to make it work. Thanks a million Jens.

[defcon]

I'm pleased that i could help you.

[riki]

I'm pleased that i could help you.

And I am very grateful to you Jens.

[riki]

Jens, I am curious to know why my Creative webcam, for which there is no driver available for Linux, now functions without it. I've always understood that a driver was necessary. Please enlighten me.

[defcon]

Well, i think the problem is that the hardware-support in the debian-based LMDE not so good as in an actual Ubuntu or Mint10.
On my notebook with Mint10 the integrated webcam works fine with skype, i only have (had) troubles in LMDE.

But it is only a guess.

[Pierrelebonc]

Just want to say a BIG thank you to Jens for his solution to this problem. Pure genius for a newby like me!

[qbicdesign]

Great! worked for me with my obscure Speedlink Brace webcam!
v happy!