Ubuntu

USB 2.0 WebCamera (Asus F7F notebook) shows me upside down...

Asked by glavkos

WebCam works both on Skype and Cheese , but shows me upside down...
I found that information
''This camera module is known to be mounted upside-down in some notebooks. Applications that use the libv4l library should display the video correctly, as libv4l detects upside-down cameras and rotates the image automatically. See Hans de Goede's post on the linux-uvc-devel mailing list for more information. For applications that don't use libv4l, try holding your computer upside-down.'' here http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/#footnote-3

After that i found the libraries on
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/libv4l/0.5.8-1

I give 3 choices ...

Download

    * libv4l_0.5.8.orig.tar.gz (94.5 KiB)
    * libv4l_0.5.8-1.diff.gz (5.7 KiB)
    * libv4l_0.5.8-1.dsc (1.2 KiB)

which one should i choose ? and how will i install that driver (simply running the extracted file or otherwise)?

Please tell me because i got confused ....

Question information

Language:
English Edit question
Status:
Solved
For:
Ubuntu Edit question
Assignee:
No assignee Edit question
Solved by:
glavkos
Solved:
Last query:
Last reply:
Revision history for this message
Omer Akram (om26er) said : 		#1

i think i read this at the irc chat and there is also a bug reported for that.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1128907
and people say that this is fully fixed in karmic (ubuntu 9.10)

Revision history for this message
glavkos (glavkos) said : 		#2

this information is not very helpful and in
http://sourceforge.net/projects/m560x-driver
 the download seems not to work...Seems that in my karmic Ubuntu the problem
remains ...

2009/11/28 om26er <email address hidden>

> Your question #92045 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/92045
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> om26er proposed the following answer:
> i think i read this at the irc chat and there is also a bug reported for
> that.
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1128907
> and people say that this is fully fixed in karmic (ubuntu 9.10)
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/92045/+confirm?answer_id=0
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/92045
>
> You received this question notification because you are a direct
> subscriber of the question.
>

Revision history for this message
glavkos (glavkos) said : 		#3

by the way i download another application for my web cam Ucview.real 0.21
Trying to uncompress the ucview-0.30.tar-1 i install the 7zip application which i can not find in my directory.
The File Roller 2.28.1 does not open that file ....Any other idea how to open .tar-1 files?

Revision history for this message
glavkos (glavkos) said : 		#4

@om26er ..the proposed answer in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1128907 is not for the karmic , but i think for a previous version . I think it does not fits to my bug.
Is it a libv4l problem after all ...or a flip settings problem. I do not know how to solve that..
Your help is precious ...

Revision history for this message
glavkos (glavkos) said : 		#5

glavkos@glavkos-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c019 Logitech, Inc. Optical Tilt Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 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 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b012 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 1.3 MPixel UVC Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Revision history for this message
glavkos (glavkos) said : 		#6

I try to fix that problem following that link

http://radu.cotescu.com/2009/11/05/flipped-images-ubuntu-webcam

but when i give the following command , i get this output:

glavkos@glavkos-laptop:~$ ~/bin/webcamWrapper.sh
bash: /home/glavkos/bin/webcamWrapper.sh: No such file or directory

which is your next advice

Revision history for this message
glavkos (glavkos) said : 		#7

I owe the solution of that bag to Radu , who was very helpful.
The solution lays here

http://radu.cotescu.com/2009/11/05/flipped-images-ubuntu-webcam

Take a look also in comments for more information ...