I have managed to find a driver for my make of webcam and would like to install it.
It is downloaded and extracted what do I do with the files to install it.
Thanks in advance.
Can you give us a link to the drivers so we can take a look… also what is the make and model of the webcam ?
Hi link to driver- http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdr.php?id=239
Link to Linux USB webcam site- http://www.conceptronic.net/site/desktopdefault.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=242&cid=40&gid=4020&pid=CLLFLCAM20_V2
That’a a very old driver, and I’m not convinced it’s necessary… with the webcam plugged in, can you send the output from:
lsusb
Can you also install cheese, and see if your webcam works in that.
sudo apt-get install cheese
userone@office2:~$ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0d8c:0201 C-Media Electronics, Inc. CM6501
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:00dd Microsoft Corp. Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 V1.0
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 07d1:3c03 D-Link System AirPlus G DWL-G122 Wireless Adapter(rev.C1) [Ralink RT73]
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0c45:627b Microdia PC Camera (SN9C201 + OV7660)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
userone@office2:~$
Yes the webcam works in cheese but its hopeless in Skype (even when using a wired Hi-speed link) what I see on the web is that a generic driver is not up to the job.
A driver that was written for the webcam is prefered. If there is no improvement then its a case of a new webcam designed for Linux and Skype.
Bad news I’m afraid… on two fronts actually…
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Your camera’s device ID is not contained in the driver, so even if you managed to compile it, it probably wouldn’t work.
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It won’t compile on kernels >= 2.6.19
Whilst it may be possible to fix the compile issues… I really don’t think it’s worth the effort, the driver is no longer under active development, and as I said, doesn’t support you webcam anyway.
Full list of supported devices can be found here:
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html
As you’ll see, your Vendor and Product ID’s aren’t there.
Your device ID’s (0c45:627b)
Vendor ID = 0x0c45
Product ID = 0x627b
Again it may be possible to add your device ID’s because it does support similar hardware… let me know if you want me to have a go at fixing the driver, and adding your device ID’s… no promises though 
I think I will buy a Linux supported webcam and move this one to my wife’s windows laptop where I know it works OK.
Thanks again for your help.
Probably a wise move… maybe one of the M$ HD Widescreen Camera’s mentioned by Mad Penguin in this posting ?
http://linuxforums.org.uk/ubuntu/issues-with-pulse-audio-and-skype/msg64061/#msg64061
New webcam working well listed as compatible with this operating system.
Can I ask which make/model of webcam you bought, so others can benefit from your experience ?
TIA