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Creative Pccam 300 not working ubuntu 10.10

Asked by larry beaulieu on 2010-12-16

trying to get this camera to work new to linux tried this and got this
netbeast@netbeast:~$ lsb_release -cdr;lsusb
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 041e:400a Creative Technology, Ltd PC-Cam 300
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
but use cheese and it doesnt detect i dont know even if the driver or what to do to to get it to work
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2011-01-02
actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : #1

If you are running Lucid you can run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:intuitivenipple/ppa; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y gspca-dkms; sudo apt-get install -y cheese

Then reboot and run cheese. Do you see yourself?

larry beaulieu (hell1946) said : #2

no and for some reason when i do a list of devices it has /dev/video0 and video 1 neither going to the camera

larry beaulieu (hell1946) said : #3

im running ubuntu 10.10 cheese doesnt detect device

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : #4

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