Laptop Webcam + DELL XPS M1530 tips

[hotweiss]

This is the solution:

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sudo  apt-get install linux-uvc-source module-assistant auto-install linux-uvc

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modprobe uvcvideo

3) Reboot

You can read more about it here:

http://www.avalpa.com/assets/andrea/stu ... dio15.html

[hotweiss]

Try this then:

A) First we’ll need to install the files needed to build the driver by typing the following in Terminal:
sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion linux-headers-`uname -r`

B) Now we will build the driver by typing the following commands in Terminal:

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cd /usr/src

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sudo svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/linux-uvc/linux-uvc/trunk

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cd trunk

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sudo make

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sudo cp -a uvcvideo.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ubuntu/media/usbvideo/

C) Reboot, and your webcam will now be working.

[hotweiss]

Ok, this I think will work for sure:

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sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) &&
wget http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/archive/tip.tar.bz2 &&

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tar xf tip.tar.bz2 &&

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cd gspca-* &&

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make &&

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sudo make install &&

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sudo depmod -ae $(uname -r)

PS-make sure to enable your backports repository

[hotweiss]

Hmm doesn't detect my webcam anymore . I do not have a device0 folder. Maybe we should clean what we installed? Maybe there's a conflict between uvc and gspaca?

Sure, try to uninstall the gspaca drivers...