I have a QuickCam Express. I have the same problem. Ubuntu 9.10. My QuickCam works in other (non-V4L?) applications, but not xawtv or ZoneMinder.
# lsusb | grep Cam Bus 004 Device 031: ID 046d:0840 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express This bug is 2 years old now... -- hal does not detect Quickcam Express as v4l-device https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196811 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
