Webcam (Logitech Quickcam Express Plus and Microdia) in Ubuntu 9.10 Repository
Tired of Internet solutions, to run my webcam, finally he got it! This is the summary of the steps to follow: 1. Check in this direction the hardware supported by Ubuntu . https: / / wiki.ubuntu.com / SkypeWebCams https: / / wiki.ubuntu.com / HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCamerasLogitech 2. Check if our system detects the device. $ lsusb Case 1 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d: 092f Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express Plus ; Case 2 Bus 005 Device 011: ID 0c45: 6143 Microdia 3. List of video devices. $ ls-l / dev / video * crw-rw ---- + 1 root video 81, 0 27/04/2010 14:52 / dev/video0 crw -rw ---- + 1 root video 81, 1 27/04/2010 14:53 / dev/video1
4. List information about the modules that are enabled.
$ lsmod
gspca_spca561 9372 0 gspca_sonixj 20796 0 gspca_main 22812 2 gspca_spca561,gspca_sonixj videodev 36736 1 gspca_main 5. Installing these little programs to test if the camera works
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$ sudo apt-get install cheese $ sudo apt-get install xawtv 6. The solution to run Skype . was to make a script with the following:
NOTE: if they launch with [Alt + F2] this command is a single look, for this reason is to do the script, the theory of the case do not know, nor understand that this command does, so if someone wants to complete this well come ....
7. Sources from which I extracted some things [ENGLISH] .
LD_PRELOAD = / usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype 
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