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urgent skype help please

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• Started 11 years ago by gap
• Latest reply from Filou
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   gap
   

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   I don't notice my webcam working. I absolutely need it to work. It is an internal camera and I don't know what I need to do and am willing to do whatever is asked so I can run the webcam. Tell me what to do, please.

   Thank you!

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   From what you are saying it appears the web cam is not detected. I have had some issues with my Logitech camera and if you do a search on this forum you might find some hints on what needs to be done.

   One quick option is to

   1. start terminal
   2. su to root
   3. run 'tazhw box' where you can get the system to install the webcam. I suggest you check the boxes to enable downloading of optional packages as well.

   It did not work in my case but hopefully it will work for you.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   I have tried that recently, and unfortunately it fails :(

   something along the lines of

   /dev/video0: no such file or directory

   thanks!

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   gdesilva
   

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   It appears the the correct driver is not loaded. Run lspci command to list the devices on your system to work out which driver should be loaded. Post the output - perhaps someone else in the forum may have had the same webcam and might know the solution.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 09)
   00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
   00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
   00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
   00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
   00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
   00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
   00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
   00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
   00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
   00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
   00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
   00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
   00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
   00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
   00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
   00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
   00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
   00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
   02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
   03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   gdesilva
   

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   I cannot see your webcam listed here. Are your sure it is connected internally and not via USB? If it is USB, do a lsusb command.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   gap
   

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   Yes, it is 100% internal.

   

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   Posted 11 years ago #
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   gdesilva
   

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   As your screen shot shows it is USB connected.

   A Google search tells me that the driver needed is the Linux uvc driver. If you run lsmod command it will tell you whether the uvcvideo driver is loaded. Perhaps it is best if you post the output of lsmod.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   gap
   

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   ah my apologies.

   I figured USB meant it had to be plugged in via USB. It does not.

   here is the output as you suggested

   Module Size Used by Not tainted
   ath9k 60102 0
   mac80211 145388 1 ath9k
   ath9k_common 1281 1 ath9k
   ath9k_hw 226122 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
   ath 9811 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
   cfg80211 99896 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
   rfkill 10682 1 cfg80211
   tg3 97545 0
   libphy 11777 1 tg3
   snd_hda_codec_hdmi 16401 1
   snd_hda_codec_realtek 202176 1
   snd_hda_intel 15886 1
   snd_hda_codec 45027 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
   snd_hwdep 3808 1 snd_hda_codec
   snd_pcm 43737 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
   snd_timer 12515 1 snd_pcm
   snd 33394 9 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
   soundcore 3357 1 snd
   snd_page_alloc 4853 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
   i915 254040 2
   drm_kms_helper 18798 1 i915
   drm 111992 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
   i2c_algo_bit 3479 1 i915
   button 3602 1 i915
   i2c_core 12192 4 i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
   video 9783 1 i915
   output 1144 1 video
   intel_agp 7908 1 i915
   intel_gtt 9214 3 i915,intel_agp
   agpgart 18221 3 drm,intel_agp,intel_gtt

   Posted 11 years ago #
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    This shows that uvcvideo is not loaded.
    Install the kernel module via
    # tazpkg -gi v4l-dvb-development_2.6.37

    (pretending you are using SliTaz 4.0 ?!)

    load the driver via
    # modprobe uvcvideo

    Skype should detect your cam then.

    on bootup, the driver should be loaded automatically; if not, add it to /etc/rcS.conf in the module section.

    Posted 11 years ago #

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