Thank you Robert for your reply. It has taken me a while to get back to 
this. I tried your suggestion, but I still get the same result. I now how 
version 3.13, but I still do  not see anything when I run the *ls 
/dev/video** command. I have also re-enabled the uvcvideo driver; but that 
did not help either.

On Monday, February 17, 2014 5:50:57 AM UTC-8, RobertCNelson wrote:
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> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:41 PM, <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote:
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>> 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/ 
>

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