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#1

Hi i have an Asus F9F Laptop with ubuntu 11 installed. How could we run or start webcame that integrated in this laptop.


Bus 001 Device 002: ID 174f:6a31 Syntek Web Cam - Asus A8J, F3S, F5R, VX2S, V1S

but there is no file called /dev/video*

Here are some outputs 


$ lsmod |grep -i video
video                  18951  1 i915
(i installed v4l-conf from apt-get depot)
$ v4l-conf
v4l-conf: using X11 display :0
dga: version 2.0
WARNING: No DGA direct video mode for this display.
mode: 1280x800, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=5120, base=unknown
can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory

Thanks.

#2

whynot said: Hi

i have an Asus F9F Laptop with ubuntu 11 installed. How could we run or start webcame that integrated in this laptop.


Bus 001 Device 002: ID 174f:6a31 Syntek Web Cam - Asus A8J, F3S, F5R, VX2S, V1S

but there is no file called /dev/video*

Here are some outputs 


$ lsmod |grep -i video
video                  18951  1 i915
(i installed v4l-conf from apt-get depot)
$ v4l-conf
v4l-conf: using X11 display :0
dga: version 2.0
WARNING: No DGA direct video mode for this display.
mode: 1280x800, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=5120, base=unknown
can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory

Thanks.

Please guys i need help??

#3

Hi buddy i'm not sure there's a v4l2 option.Try it out. I've also got the same problem i'll get back soon after tryin' it out.

#4

Hey i got it working now.

Now try this 1)Open terminal 2)Type "gstreamer-properties" without quotes and go for the video tab and checkout whether your webcam is working or not. 3)Try updating all your v4l and v4l2 files in your repo i think it's there by default.

After this reply me whether its working or not

#5

nshensfeek said: Hey i got it working now.

Now try this 1)Open terminal 2)Type "gstreamer-properties" without quotes and go for the video tab and checkout whether your webcam is working or not. 3)Try updating all your v4l and v4l2 files in your repo i think it's there by default.

After this reply me whether its working or not

I think there is no device v4l2src. And under /dev/ there are some files called vcs vcs1-7(vcs1,vcs2....) vcsa vcsa1-7 vga_arbiter and 


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install v4l*

but no changes in gstreamer-properties