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    integrated camera on xps 1530 in ubuntu

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by phish, Jan 20, 2008.

  1. phish

    phish Notebook Consultant

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    Hey I have an XPS 1530 and I have installed camorama but when I try to run it it says could not connect to video device (/dev/video0/). Please check the connection. Any suggestions on how to get this to work? I would really like to be able to use my integrated camera! I have posted on ubuntuforums.org but once again no one even responds to my problem.
     
    phish, Jan 20, 2008
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  2. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    What do you mean you have tried to run it? Most integrated cameras aren't well supported under Linux. Have you tried searching the ubuntu forums, or Google? What's probably happening is that there isn't a driver for your webcam (I don't have one either), so you can't get connect to a device that isn't "there" (as far as the operating system is concerned, that is). You'll probably need to use 'lspci' or 'lsusb' from a terminal, find out what camera chipset that you have, and then google for support of that.
     
    Pitabred, Jan 21, 2008
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  3. John B

    John B Notebook Prophet

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    Like Pitabred said, it will help us if you post the chipset.

    Also, you might consider EasyCam.
     
    John B, Jan 21, 2008
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  4. altimar

    altimar Notebook Enthusiast

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    The integrated webcam on my Inspiron 1520 works under Feisty with the UVC driver. I'd bet yours does too. Check out the 1520 thread under the Web Cam section (scroll down about 9 pages worth).

    One thing to note is that the driver supports V4L2 and not all programs support it. I know Kopete, aMSN, and cheese (similarish to photobooth) do support it. Also, you need to rebuild and reinstall the driver after kernel upgrades. Good luck. :)
     
    altimar, Jan 24, 2008
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  5. szandor

    szandor Notebook Evangelist

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    it will not find /dev/video0 until you load the module.

    #modprobe whatever_the_module_name_is

    edit: damn you ubuntu people. disregard the above command. i doubt it will work for your disto. try this instead. i used the same thing to get the uvc driver, minus the module loading:

    Code: 
    sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) &&
svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/linux-uvc/linux-uvc/trunk &&
cd trunk &&
make &&
sudo install -v -m644 uvcvideo.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/ubuntu/media/usbvideo/uvcvideo.ko &&
sudo depmod -ae
     
    szandor, Jan 24, 2008
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  6. altimar

    altimar Notebook Enthusiast

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    szandor, I think you forgot to credit linux23dragon (from Ubuntu Forums) for those instructions. :)
     
    altimar, Jan 25, 2008
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