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web cam detection

Asked by WolfgangS

My creative labs VF0250 should work out of the box on Ubuntu 7.... and as I recall it worked on prior versions I had then 10.04 which I have updated to now. Fact is when I plug it in the control light on the web cam doesn't come on like on my XP laptop, it doesn't show on XSane or skype 2.1.0.81, even so it shows a device USBcamera(041e:4051) (/dev/video0).
It works and is detected on Cheese which I just installed to check???

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

xsane is a scanner tool and not for webcams so trying xsane is pointless.

Can you give the output of:

lsusb

We need to know the chip, most times the make and model is moot.

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Federico Tello Gentile (federicotg) said : 		#2

If it works on cheese, then it is working.

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WolfgangS (wolfie5302) said : 		#3

1) The web cam used to be detected and offered by xsane after scanning for devices so it is not pointless just an observation.
I wouldn't know how to or where to look for Isusb and dont know what it is and also not how to figure out the chip. sorry I am more an end-user.

2) I know that the web cam is working on cheese but not on Skype which is more important to me. skype shows as I said a device, USBcamera(041e:4051) (/dev/video0) but I dont get a picture and the control light on the camera is at first when I press the Test button in Skype /options/video settings blinking once and then there is nothing.

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