Re: webcam not recognised ubuntu 64-bit 10.04 LTS

 On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:20:56 +1300, Peter Robinson wrote:
> I've been helping a friend (via email) in an attempt to set up a new
> Logitech C270 webcam with his ubuntu box.
>
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCamerasLogitech
> suggests that it should work ok.
>
> Have installed cheese as an experiment - no live streaming.
>
> Expected the device ID for this webcam to be 046d:0825 so tried
>
> dmesg | grep 046d:0825
>
> which did not yield any clues.
>
> The system appears not to recognise the new device when it's plugged
> into a known good USB port.   Device not listed in output of lsusb.
> No relevant entries at all in syslog or kern.log - any other logs 
> that
> should be checked?   Would you expect to see some sort of attempt at
> communication in the logs, even if it's to indicate that the
> communication has failed?

 what does dmesg give you, immediately after it's plugged in?

-- 
 robin

 http://fu.ac.nz - Auckland's Free University

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