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franz1789

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Registered: 2008-04-22

Posts: 56

Custom kernel and no webcam

Hi, I have recently compiled a custom kernel cause I wanted to improve it and add patches such as bfs and bfq.
After a while I realized that my webcam (which is built in my hp dv5-1110el) is not working anymore. I made a lsmod in the -ARCH kernel and saw that with my new kernel I was not loading uvcvideo, that should be the appropriate module. I recompiled the kernel but since I couldn't find the uvcvideo module config I compiled the v4l1 that seemed to be linked. No way, my webcam seems dead. What can I do? where can i find this damned module?

ak-89

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From: Finland

Registered: 2008-08-26

Posts: 86

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Re: Custom kernel and no webcam

You can find UVC from Device drivers -> Multimedia support -> Video capture adapters -> V4L USB Devices.

franz1789

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Registered: 2008-04-22

Posts: 56

Re: Custom kernel and no webcam

Thanks a lot, it's been a pain in the ass looking for it..
It only shows in skype, kopete seems not working..

Ber

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 80

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Re: Custom kernel and no webcam

It's probably ok from the kernel point-of-view then.  Try looking into kopete's configuration.

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