Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-12 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:08:53 -0600 Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 10:58 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > How do we know if this is uvc compatiable? > > Type in dmesg, plug in the camera, wait a moment, type in dmesg, again. > Look for changes between the results. Whatever the computer notice

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-12 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 10:58 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > How do we know if this is uvc compatiable? Type in dmesg, plug in the camera, wait a moment, type in dmesg, again. Look for changes between the results. Whatever the computer noticed after plugging in the camera should be at the end. You

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-12 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:41:42 -0600 Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:13:15 -0600 > Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > Tried it. Comes up with a big "No device found". Any suggestions? > > The key word in this thread may be "ancient". If the webcam is > old enough that it doesn't support the n

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-12 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:13:15 -0600 Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Tried it. Comes up with a big "No device found". Any suggestions? The key word in this thread may be "ancient". If the webcam is old enough that it doesn't support the newish UVC device standard, the the uvcvideo driver won't work, and you

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-12 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 12/12/10 10:13, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 03:13:04 -0600 Mick M. wrote: > >> Try 'yum install cheese' - worked for me. >> >> Mick M > Tried it. Comes up with a big "No device found". Any suggestions? > > Ranjan Are you running Fedora 14? I have had similar problems wi

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-12 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 03:13:04 -0600 Mick M. wrote: > > > The thread here inflamed my secret desire for having an > > ancient > > low-cost camera work with linux again. This has only > > previously worked > > with windoze and i gave up after several weeks of trying to > > do this. > > Try 'yum in

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-12 Thread Mick M.
> The thread here inflamed my secret desire for having an > ancient > low-cost camera work with linux again. This has only > previously worked > with windoze and i gave up after several weeks of trying to > do this. Try 'yum install cheese' - worked for me. Mick M -- users mailing lis

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-11 Thread Michael Miles
Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:12:12 -0600 Michael Miles > wrote: > > >> Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:48:24 -0600 Bob Goodwin >>>wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 11/12/10 12:01, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 0

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-11 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:12:12 -0600 Michael Miles wrote: > Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:48:24 -0600 Bob Goodwin > > wrote: > > > > > >> On 11/12/10 12:01, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:04:23 -0600 Bob Goodwin > >>>wrote: > >>> > >>>

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-11 Thread Michael Miles
Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:48:24 -0600 Bob Goodwin > wrote: > > >> On 11/12/10 12:01, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:04:23 -0600 Bob Goodwin >>>wrote: >>> >>> On 10/12/10 05:38, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Fri, 2010-12

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-11 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:48:24 -0600 Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 11/12/10 12:01, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:04:23 -0600 Bob Goodwin > > wrote: > > > >> On 10/12/10 05:38, Tim Waugh wrote: > >>> On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 04:43 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Where do I look for

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-11 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 11/12/10 12:01, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:04:23 -0600 Bob Goodwin > wrote: > >> On 10/12/10 05:38, Tim Waugh wrote: >>> On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 04:43 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: Where do I look for more level adjustments? >>> I've found that ekiga has a "whiteness" a

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-11 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:04:23 -0600 Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 10/12/10 05:38, Tim Waugh wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 04:43 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> Where do I look for more level adjustments? > > I've found that ekiga has a "whiteness" adjustment control which has had > > good results

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-10 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 10/12/10 18:25, Manuel Escudero wrote: > > > 2010/12/10 Bob Goodwin > > > On 10/12/10 16:55, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > > Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> Where do I look for more level adjustments? > > If it is a UVC-type web cam (lsmod | grep uvc

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-10 Thread Manuel Escudero
2010/12/10 Bob Goodwin > On 10/12/10 16:55, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > > Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> Where do I look for more level adjustments? > > If it is a UVC-type web cam (lsmod | grep uvcvideo) you can use the > > Logitech tool to adjust it. > > > > # yum install uvcdynctrl > > > > You

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-10 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 10/12/10 16:55, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Bob Goodwin wrote: >> Where do I look for more level adjustments? > If it is a UVC-type web cam (lsmod | grep uvcvideo) you can use the > Logitech tool to adjust it. > > # yum install uvcdynctrl > > You will need to unplug/replug your camera aft

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Bob Goodwin wrote: > Where do I look for more level adjustments? If it is a UVC-type web cam (lsmod | grep uvcvideo) you can use the Logitech tool to adjust it. # yum install uvcdynctrl You will need to unplug/replug your camera after installation. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedora

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-10 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 10/12/10 10:26, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 10:04 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> I suppose it would be appropriate to report a bug but against >> what, Cheese, et.al. look like a front end for some other >> application? > Not sure but I'm sure whichever you

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-10 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 10:04 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I suppose it would be appropriate to report a bug but against > what, Cheese, et.al. look like a front end for some other > application? Not sure but I'm sure whichever you choose the maintainer will be able to direct

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-10 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 10/12/10 05:38, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 04:43 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> Where do I look for more level adjustments? > I've found that ekiga has a "whiteness" adjustment control which has had > good results for me. It does seem that getting this right automatically > isn

Re: F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-10 Thread Tim Waugh
On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 04:43 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Where do I look for more level adjustments? I've found that ekiga has a "whiteness" adjustment control which has had good results for me. It does seem that getting this right automatically isn't working quite right. I'm using this: ID 0

F-14 and a USB Webcam -

2010-12-10 Thread Bob Goodwin
I have an inexpensive Logitech usb web camera that I bought at Walmart perhaps five years ago that until yesterday I have always had to use with Windows XP. Now, for whatever reason, it works with F-14 but only at low light levels? At the moment the room is dark and it produce