Can't get webcam to work

[llmb0611]

LMDE kernel 3.0.0-1-686-pae

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llmb061102@llmb061102-mint ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
[b]Bus 001 Device 002: ID eb1a:2711 eMPIA Technology, Inc. [/b]
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1a40:0201 TERMINUS TECHNOLOGY INC. 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04fc:05d8 Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd Wireless keyboard/mouse
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1058:1010 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. 

cheese says no device, v4l2ucp says unable to open file /dev/video0 no such file or directory

please help...

[llmb0611]

somebody??? nothing...no reply...

[llmb0611]

must say i'm disappointed with the support on this forum...no reply from anybody

[DrHu]

OK, have you checked anywhere/anything ?
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/201 ... 01756.html
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=55100
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 18&start=0

[yaye]

must say i'm disappointed with the support on this forum...no reply from anybody

It would help if you gave the make and model of the webcam. Try installing the guvcview package. That got my Logitech working with LMDE.