[SOLVED] Webcam question

[redshirt_55]

I have a PS2 Eyetoy webcam which works perfectly with video4linux, but if I try to use it in skype or kopete the colors are weird (blue and orange are reversed). Anyone know why this is or how I can fix it? Are there any other video chat applications it might work better with? I'm running Kubuntu 10.04 (though I plan on upgrading tomorrow).

[GreyGeek]

Re: Webcam question

What video/webcam driver is listed by lsmod?
What does lspci and lshw show for you wireless device?

[redshirt_55]

Re: Webcam question

Here's the output from lsmod:

Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 7960 1
parport_pc 29958 0
ppdev 6375 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 61450 1
fbcon 39270 71
tileblit 2487 1 fbcon
font 8053 1 fbcon
bitblit 5811 1 fbcon
snd_hda_intel 25677 2
softcursor 1565 1 bitblit
snd_hda_codec 85759 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
vga16fb 12757 0
snd_hwdep 6924 1 snd_hda_codec
vgastate 9857 1 vga16fb
snd_pcm_oss 41394 0
snd_mixer_oss 16299 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 87882 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1782 0
snd_seq_oss 31219 0
snd_seq_midi 5829 0
snd_rawmidi 23420 1 snd_seq_midi
arc4 1473 2
radeon 740262 3
snd_seq_midi_event 7267 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
b43 182322 0
ttm 60847 1 radeon
snd_seq 57481 7 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 23649 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
drm_kms_helper 30742 1 radeon
snd_seq_device 6888 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
joydev 11072 0
drm 198948 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
mac80211 238448 1 b43
snd 71187 17 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_ hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_os s,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device

soundcore 8052 1 snd
cfg80211 148546 2 b43,mac80211
sdhci_pci 6700 0
i2c_algo_bit 6024 1 radeon
snd_page_alloc 8500 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
sdhci 17928 1 sdhci_pci
ricoh_mmc 3416 0
i2c_piix4 9639 0
led_class 3764 2 b43,sdhci
k8temp 3912 0
shpchp 33711 0
dell_wmi 2177 0
video 20623 0
psmouse 64576 0
edac_core 45423 0
dell_laptop 7941 0
edac_mce_amd 9278 0
output 2503 1 video
lp 9336 0
serio_raw 4918 0
dcdbas 6886 1 dell_laptop
parport 37160 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
b44 30687 0
mii 5237 1 b44
pata_atiixp 4209 0
ssb 45092 2 b43,b44
ahci 37870 1

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 13)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
08:01.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
08:01.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 01)

lshw:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:19:b9:58:73:f3
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 latency=64 multicast=yes

*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:19:7d:98:c2:ad
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes ip=192.168.1.76 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

I apologize for posting so much here, but I figure you know better what info you need than I do. I don't think it has to do with the wireless card, the program's preview functions show the odd colors too.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Webcam question

I saw no listing for a webcam in your lsmod output, and lspci did not show a webcame device.

The eyetoy support page at http://eyetoy8057.sourceforge.net/cms/, which contained Linux drivers, is no longer active and the drivers are not available.

The camera was made by Logitech as a "Logicool" camera and a "Quick-Cam tor Note book"

This site list this driver: spca5xx/LE gspca v4l1/v4l2
The download site is here, but the drivers haven't been updated in 3 years, so I wouldn't expect anything from them.

What I would do is use the uvcvideo module:

sudo modprobe uvcvideo

Then install cheese and guvcvideo from the repository and use them to try the camera.

Good luck!

[redshirt_55]

Re: Webcam question

Interesting result. If I started skype while cheese was running, the colors were normal; if I start skype first, the colors are messed up. However, regardless of what settings I messed with, the image was flipped left to right. Not nearly as big a deal as the color thing though, thanks for the help.

[redshirt_55]

Re: Webcam question

Also, it is no longer recognized as a microphone.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Webcam question

Trying the uvcview module was the first choice. There are many gspca modules you can try. begin by trying those that are closest to the spca5xx driver.

First rmmod the previous module:
sudo rmmod uvcview
then install another
sudo modprobe gspca_spca500
(the gspca series will also load the gspca_main module)

Test it with cheese and guvcview. BTW, guvcview has "mirror" and "Invert" controls. I've found that flipping the video with those controls, quitting guvcview and running Skype does, on some hardware, allow the flipping the remain, giving Skype a normal appearance.

jerry@sonyvgnfw140e:~$ locate gspca
... (snipping modules for previous kernels and showing only the kernel I am using)
...
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_conex.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_etoms.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_finepix.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_jeilinj.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_main.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_mars.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_mr97310a.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_ov519.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_ov534.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_pac207.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_pac7311.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_sn9c20x.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_sonixb.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_sonixj.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_spca500.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_spca501.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_spca505.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_spca506.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_spca508.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_spca561.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_sq905.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_sq905c.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_stk014.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_sunplus.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_t613.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_tv8532.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_vc032x.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_zc3xx.ko
...
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gl860/gspca_gl860.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/m5602/gspca_m5602.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/stv06xx/gspca_stv06xx.ko

As you can see, there are several other gspca modules that you can try. Hopefully, one of them will work perfectly.

[redshirt_55]

Re: Webcam question

The microphone issue was my fault, some settings got changed when I upgraded to Maverick.

This issue has now been resolved to my satisfaction, thank you very much for your assistance.

[Snowhog]

Re: [SOLVED] Webcam question

Please post what your solution was - what you did - as doing so might just help others who experience your problem. That's what KFN is all about.

[redshirt_55]

Re: [SOLVED] Webcam question

At present, I start cheese, then start the skype video, then exit cheese. The result is a correctly colored but still mirrored image.