On 20 May 2011 15:39, Rowan Berkeley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, people, > > This is apparently quite a common problem, to judge by the number of > queries I have found on forums, and there never seems to be a reply to > it. The problem is that the F-Spot Photo Manager does not detect the > built-in camera. I am aware that in more recent releases of Ubuntu the > Photo Manager is no longer F-Spot but something else, so the problem may > not occur. > > I downloaded and installed Gtkam Digital Camera Browser, in the hope it > might help, but it requires the user to specify the type of camera and > the port it is connected to, from drop-down lists, before attempting to > detect it. The camera is apparently made by Chicony, which is not listed > among the types in Gtkam's drop-down list. Gtkam is probably intended > for external cameras, not built-in ones, so the user would at least know > which port he has the camera connected to, which I do not. > > Oddly enough, the camera is detected and brought online quite painlessly > by the Gmail audio-video chat client, which I installed from the Gmail > chat window in a Linux 32-bit version a few days ago. But I would like > to be able to use it outside the context of the chat client, and I would > assume F-Spot is supposed to be able to do this. So, any advice > appreciated, thanks.
I think you're using the wrong type of tool. F-Spot & Shotwell are tools for extracting photos from stand-alone digital stills cameras, connected by a USB cable for moving the photos off them. That is not what is built into your notebook. You have a webcam, which is a low-res moving-image video camera for use in video chat. If GoogleTalk detects it, then it's working and has drivers installed. If you want to play with it outside of chat, try installing the Cheese webcam application, for instance. Webcams and digital cameras are not the same thing and this do not use the same tools. -- Liam Proven • Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: [email protected] • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: [email protected] Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: [email protected] • ICQ: 73187508 -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
