Ken Adams wrote: > Having a nightmare trying to get my webcam running. > > According to Gnome Device Manager running on 8.04 the cam is plugged > into my USB2 port > > Sonix Pccam + > > Camorama shows a non-descript colour pattern and Xawtv shows the same > but changes the colour slightly if I place my hand over the lense. It > also has a built in Microphone that is running properly as it plugs into > the sound card. > > The camera is one from SumVision and can be clipped onto a laptop, > although I am using it with my main desktop machine. > > Any help appreciated. Last bit to get running on Ubuntu. APART from the > perennial problem reading Microsoft Publisher files:( > > Rgds Ken > > Hi Ken
Not sure if this will help, but I had a similar problem with my logitech webcam and skype, it was all green and purple. Although it worked perfectly in ekiga. I use gstfakevideo to make it work. I did a small howto here - http://www.ilovemylinux.com/node/19 Perhaps it will help guide you in the right direction. -- Michael G Fletcher Interested in Linux? Visit www.ilovemylinux.com -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
