Hi there,
well I found a old USB webcam I had used before. I wanted to try using it on Fedora but I am not sure if the device is detected by the system. It’s old but it seems it in working conditions , there are no visible damage to it. Furthermore, I do have a mini cd which can be used to install the software needed to use it but it’s for Windows only. How can I try using the device on Fedora ?
Plug it in and try accessing with software that can use your camera like VLC or Zoom.
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I think the easiest way is to test with cheese
To check if drivers are listed you can also do with inxi -Fzx
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Tried using cheese but no devices where detected and I have an integrated cam as well. I did check the drivers and they ahve detected the said webcam.
I used VLC and got this stream and figured out the webcam , does detect light but that’s all. Am I doing something wrong or the webcam just needs fixing ?
You said you have an integrated cam. Does that one work? or no? It easily could be the older usb cam is not working, or using the wrong driver, or ?
Yes it’s a working one, I just wanted to try-out the older usb cam. The thing is that I do have the mini cd used to install the drive but there’s not much info written on it so I can identify the proper drive needed.
check what chipset is powering that USB cam, check if the driver is included in the kernel. if not, check if the manufacturer provides a driver/ kernel module.
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This is the available information on the device :
Device-3: Pixart Imaging Q-TEC WEBCAM 100 type: USB driver: pac207 bus-ID: 2-2:11
The said driver isn’t included in the kernal.I would appreciate help with trying to install the said driver.
Thank you the usb webcam is actually working so that’s great, thank you everybody once again.
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