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Set up your web cam on Debian Etch Print E-mail
Written by machiner   
Sunday, 07 January 2007 03:59

EDIT: This is old news. A newer wireless tutorial is here. That one is useable with Debian Lenny but it's outdated a bit as well. Please goto the forum with wireless issues in Lenny. Continue with this tutorial...

Hi and welcome to the wonderful world of quick & easy, brought to you by the latest incarnation of Debian GNU/Linux, Etch. Today, as part of our using Debian for common desktop tasks; like looking at your ugly mug, we'll learn how quick and easy it is to get your web-cam rolling...ah, viewing.

I've got an Ezonics I-Contact Pro web-cam and it uses the spca5xx driver.

With Sarge I had to download the source for the driver and then compile it on my machine. It was really a piece of cake, but here we are at Etch, and like the bcm43xx driver for your wireless card, spca5xx is included now with Etch and it's an m-a away from being useful to you.

This is what I just did, not 3 minutes ago, to view my own ugly, Sunday-morning mug. Too easy:

  • I plugged my camera into its USB port on my machine.
  • I opened a terminal
  • I became root
  • I tapped module-assistant like so:

    # m-a auto-install spca5xx

  • Then I loaded the driver

    # modprobe spca5xx

  • Then I installed camorama

    # apt-get install camorama

  • Then I exited out of root.
  • I ran camorama
  • and there I was

See...Linux is super easy, Debian makes it easier still, and interacting with your computer is fun...no?

This is the web-cam that I have:

Ezonics I-Contact Pro
Ezonics I-Contact Pro

I snagged the pic from www.sololaptops.com

UPDATE: See this post for the new hotness.

--machiner

7 Jan 2007 08:00
see the forum post - webcam on debian etch

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'Guest'  - Thank you   |69.140.154.xxx |2007-02-22 03:07:47
That was perfect. exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for putting it up.
machiner  - d'oh   |72.74.124.xxx |2007-03-20 05:51:18
Yeah -- install module-assistant


d'oh!

'Guest'  - re:d'oh   |72.74.124.xxx |2007-03-20 06:30:12
mmm
thanks
but actually what does "I tapped module-assistant like so" means?
(not a native speaker
here...)
machiner  - sorry -- just slang   |72.74.124.xxx |2007-03-20 06:31:34
It means that I used it. Make sure that you have module-assistant installed. Also, build-essential.
So:

# apt-get install module-assistant

It will also install build-essential and some other deps.

Rock
on.

--machiner
'Guest'  - is there something i'm missing?   |72.74.124.xxx |2007-03-20 05:49:58
deblaptop:/home/sesho# m-a auto-install spca5xx
bash: m-a: command not found
'Guest'  - I can't =/ can u give me ur sources.li   |189.6.82.xxx |2007-04-17 16:07:16
dpkg: erro processando /usr/src/spca5xx-modules-2.6.18-4-686_20060501-2+2 .6.18.dfsg.1-12_i386.deb
(--install):
pacotes conflitantes - não instalando spca5xx-modules-2.6.18-4-686
Erros foram encontrados
durante processamento de:
/usr/src/spca5xx-modules-2.6.18-4-686_20060501-2+2 .6.18.dfsg.1-12_i386.deb

'Guest'  - problem with video device   |86.4.181.xxx |2007-04-03 04:30:07
Hi, I followed your instructions and ths is what I got:

bakos:/home/arpi# camorama -D

(camorama:3197):
GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the
authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
VIDIOCGCAP -- could
not get camera capabilities, exiting.....
bakos:/home/arpi# lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000000
Bus 002
Device 003: ID 0ac8:303b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0303 WebCam
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03f0:2304
Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 656c
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000000
Bus 001
Device 001: ID 0000000
bakos:/home/arpi#

Could you please advise me how to correct this problem

Arpi
machiner  - why run camorama as root?   |71.243.56.xxx |2007-04-07 14:16:40
Why are you running as root?

I'm at a windows box now -- can't see what the "-D" option is...I'm
not back online until the 12th april.

I looked quickly for a web posted man page for camorama, didn't find
one, I'm only here for a few minutes trying to get to everyone.

Post your issues in the
forum:
http://www.debiantutorials.org/talkitup/in dex.php
'Guest'  - v   |65.23.231.xxx |2007-06-02 04:33:31
Error(camorama)
Could not connect to video device (/dev/video0). Please check connection.
'Guest'  - My webcam driver is working but authenti   |74.117.41.xxx |2007-05-21 08:35:45
My webcam driver is working after following these steps for Logitech quickcam model : STX communicate. When I
pluged in my webcam it show it's light blinking that means driver is working but it shows error
like..

GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of
the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

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