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How to make Web-Cam working in Ubuntu 13.04 ?

Asked by Navin Talati on 2013-09-21

Sir,

I have attached iCam Robo-351 USB Camera (i-ball make) in my system. It works fine in windows 7/XP.
In ubuntu 13.04 it is not installing automatically. What should I do to make it working? Previously it was working through Web Cam apps like : “Cheese Webcam Booth”, “Kamoso”, “Camorama Webcam Viewer “ etc. But now these all crashes. So I am unable to use this camera while logged in through Ubuntu 13.04.

My question is:
How to make this web cam “iCam Robo-351 USB Camera “ working in my system without installing any app.?

Navin Talati /21-09-2013

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Navin Talati (n-m-talati) said on 2013-09-21:

Output of some of my efforts are as under:
==================================================================================navin@navin:~$ dmesg | grep -i video
[ 1.249802] pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
[ 14.912073] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
navin@navin:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0c45:602d Microdia VideoCAM ExpressII
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 04fc:05d8 Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd Wireless keyboard/mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
======================================================================================
navin@navin:~$ dmesg | grep -i video
[ 1.249802] pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
[ 14.912073] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 2237.781711] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 2237.781714] USB Video Class driver (1.1.1)
navin@navin:~$
=====================================================================================
navin@navin:~$ lsmod | grep video
uvcvideo 71279 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 12920 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13042 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 39161 1 uvcvideo
videodev 95806 4 uvcvideo,gspca_sonixb,gspca_main,videobuf2_core
video 18894 1 nouveau
navin@navin:~$
====================================================================================

These may hint something to you .
Awaiting your reply.

Navin Talati /22-09-2013

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2013-09-21:

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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Navin Talati (n-m-talati) said on 2013-09-22:

Sir,
OUTPUT of "lsb_release -a; uname -a " is as under:
===================================================================
navin@navin:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04
Codename: raring
Linux navin 3.8.0-30-lowlatency #22-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 26 22:34:04 UTC 2013 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
navin@navin:~$
===================================================================