Trouble installing my webcam

[Muzer]

I found this on the Ubuntu forum

Steve, I just had the same error while attempting to get my webcam working in ARCH.

You may try this out:

firstly
* verify you have svn installed
* remove any instance of r5u870 or the ry5u870 modules you may already have from previous attempts.

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svn co http://svn.mediati.org/svn/r5u870/trunk ~/r5u870
cd ~/r5u870
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe r5u870

then try xawtv to see if it works (sudo apt-get install xawtv)

test it using

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xawtv /dev/video0

Since Mint is basically a customised Ubuntu, this should work fine. Let me know how it goes!

[Muzer]

Try typing this:

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sudo chmod 666 /dev/video0

And try again.


To make it do it on every boot, type the following:

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gksu gedit /etc/rc.local

Now, ABOVE the line that says "exit 0", type:

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sudo chmod 666 /dev/video0

Save and exit, then reboot and make sure it works.



You may want a better piece of software to actually use your webcam, after you've done the initial testing. In that case, I would recommend cheese.

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sudo aptitude install cheese

You should be able to access it via the menu.

[vishwasmeshram]

i have the same problem ......
i tried what is said above..but cant fix it
plz help!!!!!!