USB Webcam - Revision history

Bugmenot2: added category

2020-10-06T08:45:17Z

added category

2010-04-08T19:21:51Z

2009-12-09T11:00:11Z

no need for such hacks on 64-bit Fedora. 'lib32' is a Debian/Ubuntu thing

2009-12-09T10:36:40Z

Added tips on how to get the device to work with Skype.

2009-10-24T22:47:30Z

2009-10-24T22:46:58Z

2009-10-24T22:39:17Z

2009-10-05T15:47:55Z

2009-10-05T15:41:15Z

2009-10-05T15:33:36Z

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	You can replace the commands of your Skype menu item from 'skype' to one of the lines above.		You can replace the commands of your Skype menu item from 'skype' to one of the lines above.
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-Skype does not seem to work with a lot of webcams, including this one. If you have problems you can try to start Skype by preloading certain modules. The command for this would simply be:
+Skype uses the old V4L1 interface which requires the '''v4l1compat''' library to be preloaded. The command for this would simply be:
-LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
+ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
 instead of just
-skype
+ skype
 Or, on a Debian/Ubuntu 64-bit machine, Skype should be started thus:
-LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
+ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
 You can replace the commands of your Skype menu item from 'skype' to one of the lines above.

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 skype
-Or, on a 64-bit machine, Skype should be started thus:
+Or, on a Debian/Ubuntu 64-bit machine, Skype should be started thus:
 LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

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- # LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
+Skype does not seem to work with a lot of webcams, including this one. If you have problems you can try to start Skype by preloading certain modules. The command for this would simply be:
-if you would like to use the webcam for video.
+LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

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 * under Linux 2.6.32-rc5 is working out of the box.
-For quick camera testing I have found [http://moinejf.free.fr/svv.c svv] to be very useful. If problems arise it is also worth having a look at the GSPCA driver [http://moinejf.free.fr/ maintainer's website].
+For quick camera testing I have found [http://moinejf.free.fr/svv.c svv] to be very useful.
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 * under Linux 2.6.31.1 required the gspca vc032x module to be built from an [http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/ external developer tree],
 * under Linux 2.6.32-rc5 is working out of the box.
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 |style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | [[File:Usb_webcam.gif]]
 |style="vertical-align:top" |
-Installing the Lenovo USB Webcam (type 40Y8519, [http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=40Y8519&current-category-id=E3D2815920A642A1B3F1A5B17910FC72 Webpage at Lenovo Products]) under Linux 2.6.31.1 required the gspca vc032x module to be built from an [http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/ external developer tree].
+Installing the Lenovo USB Webcam (type 40Y8519, [http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=40Y8519&current-category-id=E3D2815920A642A1B3F1A5B17910FC72 Webpage at Lenovo Products])
 |}

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−	[[File:Usb_webcam.gif]]Installing the Lenovo USB Webcam (type 40Y8519, http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=40Y8519&current-category-id=E3D2815920A642A1B3F1A5B17910FC72) under Linux 2.6.31.1 required the gspca vc032x module to be built from ~~the external developer tree at~~ http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/.	+	{\| width="100%"
		+	\|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" \| [[File:Usb_webcam.gif]]
		+	\|style="vertical-align:top" \|
		+	Installing the Lenovo USB Webcam (type 40Y8519, [http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=40Y8519&current-category-id=E3D2815920A642A1B3F1A5B17910FC72 Webpage at Lenovo Products]) under Linux 2.6.31.1 required the gspca vc032x module to be built from an [http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/ external developer tree].
		+	\|}

	On a 64-bit machine Skype shall be started something similar like		On a 64-bit machine Skype shall be started something similar like

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:41, 5 October 2009
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−	Installing the Lenovo USB Webcam (type 40Y8519, http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=40Y8519&current-category-id=E3D2815920A642A1B3F1A5B17910FC72) under Linux 2.6.31.1 required the gspca vc032x module to be built from the external developer tree at http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/.	+	[[File:Usb_webcam.gif]]Installing the Lenovo USB Webcam (type 40Y8519, http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=40Y8519&current-category-id=E3D2815920A642A1B3F1A5B17910FC72) under Linux 2.6.31.1 required the gspca vc032x module to be built from the external developer tree at http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/.

	On a 64-bit machine Skype shall be started something similar like		On a 64-bit machine Skype shall be started something similar like

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:33, 5 October 2009
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−	Installing the Lenovo USB Webcam (type 40Y8519, http://~~www-307~~.~~ibm~~.com/pc/~~support~~/~~site~~.~~wss/MIGR~~-~~65518.html~~) under Linux 2.6.31.1 required the gspca vc032x module to be built from the external developer tree at http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/.	+	Installing the Lenovo USB Webcam (type 40Y8519, http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=40Y8519&current-category-id=E3D2815920A642A1B3F1A5B17910FC72) under Linux 2.6.31.1 required the gspca vc032x module to be built from the external developer tree at http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/.

	On a 64-bit machine Skype shall be started something similar like		On a 64-bit machine Skype shall be started something similar like