With the camera plugged in, in a terminal do
ls /dev/vid*
and copy and paste the command and result in next post.
[user@localhost ~]$ ls /dev/vid*
/dev/video0
That is not telling me anything!
Is the camera listed or not? Yes
What driver is listed for the camera? gspca_sunplus
What is displayed in the video window? a blank screen
Did you try adjusting the sliders to see if that is what was needed to get a display? Yes I did, still nothing.
gspca_main 21076 1 gspca_sunplus
{ I am presuming this is the driver}joydev 7663 0
usb_storage 35068 0
processor 22399 0
parport_pc 28023 0
cdrom 31506 1 sr_mod
serio_raw 3462 0
evdev 7275 11
videodev 56533 1 gspca_main
thermal 6670 0
sg 23483 0
parport 25179 2 ppdev,parport_pc
floppy 48687 0
fan 1910 0
ide_pci_generic 2108 0
pata_acpi 2428 0
ata_generic 2527 0
piix 4124 0
ide_gd_mod 21513 0
ide_core 80166 3 ide_pci_generic,piix,ide_gd_mod
ahci 17997 0
libahci 16163 1 ahci
ata_piix 18602 4
libata 154591 5 pata_acpi,ata_generic,ahci,libahci,ata_piix
sd_mod 31682 6
scsi_mod 150488 7 firewire_sbp2,uas,sr_mod,usb_storage,sg,libata,sd_mod
crc_t10dif 1104 1 sd_mod
ext4 312169 2
jbd2 59959 1 ext4
crc16 1099 1 ext4
uhci_hcd 19499 0
ohci_hcd 19566 0
ehci_hcd 35439 0
hid_logitech 10268 0
{I don't understand this, to me it says hidden?}usbhid 31267 1 hid_logitech
hid 63565 2 hid_logitech,usbhid
usbcore 117639 11 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,uas,gspca_sunplus,gspca_main,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid
ff_memless 4031 1 hid_logitech
(Skype) Using the standard launch or using the alternative I posted?
Clarify please.
Copy & Paste the command and the ouput in your next post.
Are you talking about this?
You could also try using the cam in Skype using the following to launch Skype ...
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype
I don't know how to do this, or at least I am not completely sure of how to do this.
I am sorry if you felt I did not give all the answers you were seeking. I thought I did. I guess I was wrong. My apologies. This is what I got with lsmod | grep spca
gspca_sunplus 12535 0
gspca_main 21076 1 gspca_sunplus
videodev 56533 1 gspca_main
usbcore 117639 11 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,uas,gspca_sunplus,gspca_main,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid
This is what I did as well. (not sure if I did anything good or bad here)
[user@localhost ~]$ lsmod | grep SPCA504C
[user@localhost ~]$ lsmod | grep spca5xxx*
[user@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost user]# lsmod | grep SPCA504C
[root@localhost user]# lsmod | grep SPCA5XXX*
[root@localhost user]# lsmod | grep SPCA*
[root@localhost user]# lsmod | grep spca
gspca_sunplus 12535 0
gspca_main 21076 1 gspca_sunplus
videodev 56533 1 gspca_main
usbcore 117639 11 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,uas,gspca_sunplus,gspca_main,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid
[root@localhost user]# modprobe spca504c
FATAL: Module spca504c not found.
[root@localhost user]# modprobe spca504b
FATAL: Module spca504b not found.
[root@localhost user]# modprobe spca533
FATAL: Module spca533 not found.
[root@localhost user]# lsmod | grep spca504c
[root@localhost user]# modprobe gspca_spca5xx/LE
FATAL: Module gspca_spca5xx/LE not found.
[root@localhost user]# exit
exit
[user@localhost ~]$ modprobe gspca_spca500/le
FATAL: Module gspca_spca500/le not found.
[user@localhost ~]$ lsmod | gspca_spca*
bash: gspca_spca*: command not found
[user@localhost ~]$ lsmod | grep spca5xx
[user@localhost ~]$
Just so you know, and I mean no offense here, but I changed the name to "user" before I posted this, I do have a name in there,>[user@localhost ~]$< and any other place where I pasted and it showed up.
Also
When doing the tests you must ensure that you have only one application trying to access the camera at any time. Whichever app is first takes control of the camera (whether it can display the results or not) and thus trying with a second app will fail, as it cannot access the camera.
Does that mean I have to restart the pc every time I change apps? Or just close the app kills the usage and you can open another? Because I was able to close one app and then open another app when I had the other cam plugged into the system (This was the other newer web cam I spoke of before) and it worked switching between the different apps. Cheese, Skype, Kopete, and wxcam worked fine switching from one to another. Even the Camorama worked to an extent, but all it showed was a weird very dark highlighted like black screen.
I also tried opening it up with the VLC like you suggested and this is what I got.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'v4l2:///dev/video0 - Play'. Check the log for details.
So did I mess things up? Is it hopeless? Did I do stuff wrong? Sorry.
