Try this tutorial. https://embeddedtweaks.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/beaglebone-usb-webcam-mpeg-streamer-installation-tutorial/
On Sunday, February 16, 2014 at 11:11:13 AM UTC+5:30, [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. > > > > Thanks > -- 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/d/optout.
