Hi Greg,

On Tuesday 18 December 2007, Greg Dickie wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   Sorry if this is a newbie question but I was a bit surprised at how
> hard it is to get a webcam working in linux (just like the old days with
> any hardware ;-). I just purchased the above-mentioned camera and went
> through a few different drivers trying to find one that would recognize
> this camera before finding uvcvideo. That seems to work but now when I
> run luvcview I get a black picture. Actually its just very dark as I
> discovered when I pointed it directly at a light. I tried cranking uo
> the brightness and the contrast but I cannot seem to get a picture out
> of it even in full light. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

When pushing brightness up, do you see any change in the image ? Do you get 
error messages in the kernel log ?

You could also try your luck on the www.quickcamteam.net forums.

Best regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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