[AG-TECH] UBUNTU 9.10, VIC, webcam (driver pb ?)

[Christoph Willing]

On 01/12/2009, at 6:26 AM, Christoph Willing wrote:

>
> On 01/12/2009, at 12:07 AM, Philippe d'Anfray wrote:
>
>> Bonjour
>>
>> I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on our "AG-machine" and since I cannot use  
>> our
>> Logitech webcam(s) with VIC I just get  scrambled pictures (and going
>> throuht
>> the various menu settings does not help)
>>
>> ** VIC works perfectly well with other cameras (we have a Falcon  
>> quattro
>> card).
>>
>> ** Logitech webcams  seems to work  fine with some other softwares
>> (e.g. gstreamer-properties, xawtv, ekiga...)
>>
>> I have the same problem with my laptop on which I just installed  
>> Ubuntu
>> 9.10. I can't find any error message
>> in the logs, is this  a driver problem  under Ubuntu 9.10 ? Has  
>> someone
>> noticed the same behaviour ??
>
>
> Philipe,
>
> Logitech cameras have not always been well supported under Linux -  
> some just don't work. Since your camera works with other  
> applications it appears that this particular LOgitech camera should  
> work with vic.
>
> However the image you sent looks like an untuned TV input which  
> isn't possible from a Logitech camera. Do you have any other video  
> capture cards installed at the same time? Its as if vic is running  
> with some other device which has a tuner, not the Logitech camera  
> i.e. the Logitech has been undetected by vic, which has instead  
> detected some other capture device (which has a tuner).
>
> Have you checked the "If you already have a camera" section at:
>    http://www.quickcamteam.net/documentation/faq/does-my-logitech-webcam-work-on-linux


The latest vic from svn has just been pushed to the UQVislab  
repository - perhaps that will help. Its difficult to debug without  
access to the same camera.


chris



Christoph Willing                       +61 7 3365 8316
QCIF Access Grid Manager
University of Queensland