If you're using Roberts instructions for compiling the kernel, did you poke around in menuconfig to see if the cam needed a specific driver compiled in ? Also I would recommend if this is an option that you actually compile the driver module into the kernel ( <*> ) instead of as a module ( [M] ).
Passed this, sorry I have no further advice to add. On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 6:50 AM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:41 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> Sorry for the long message, but I want to include all the details I >> thought were necessary. >> >> I am extremely new to Linux, but I have recently purchased a Beaglebone >> Black, and I am trying to set up a webcam server on it. I have tried to >> follow several tutorials online, but none of them have worked, because I >> cannot get the webcam to work. I have a Logitech C525 HD webcam, which is >> on the list of supported webcams (http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/). I >> am running Debian 7 (wheezy) with Linux Kernel 3.8.13-bone37. I have >> installed LXDE so I have a desktop, and VLC to check the functionality of >> the webcam. I am booting off of a 16GB micro SD card. The Beaglebone is >> being powered by 5 volts via the barrel connector and a power supply. The >> webcam, keyboard, and mouse are connected to a powered USB hub. The >> *lsusb* command returns "Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0460:0826 Logitech Inc" >> whenever I have the webcam plugged in; so I know the camera is being >> recognized. However, when I run the *ls /dev/video** command, I get "ls: >> cannot access /dev/video*: No such file or directory". This seems to be >> what VLC is looking for, so it doesn't see the webcam. When I run the >> *dmesg|tail* command, none of the entries mentioned anything about video >> or the UVC driver. I ran *sudo modprobe -v uvcvideo*, then I ran the >> *dmesg|tail* command again, and this time I got 2 additional lines 1) >> usbcore registered new interface driver uvcvideo 2) USB video class driver. >> I apparently have to enable the uvc driver after each restart, but I still >> don't get anything when from the *ls /dev/video** command. >> >> >> >> I should also mention that this is my current configuration, but I have >> also tried this with Ubuntu 12 and Ubuntu 13 (both installed with >> instructions from ( >> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Ubuntu_On_BeagleBone_Black). I get the >> same results no matter what I do. I have also tried several other webcams >> that were not on the list of supported webcams, with the same results. I >> know the webcams work with Linux because I have tried them on an old laptop >> that is running Mint 12, and they worked just fine. >> >> >> >> Since the webcams work in Mint, and many other people have been able to >> get them working on the Beaglebone, I am obviously missing something, but I >> don't know where to go from here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> > > > There are known usb issues with the 3.8 kernel.. Please test with "either" > Ubuntu/Debian base microSD: > > http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu > http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian > > Then, > > cd /opt/scripts/ > git pull > ./tools/update_kernel.sh --beta-kernel > (reboot) > > To pull in a v3.13.x based kernel.. > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > http://www.rcn-ee.com/ > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
