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request73

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Registered: 2023-11-10

Posts: 2

Webcam Doesn't Work After Update

I installed Arch Linux on my PC several months ago.
I remember my webcam, Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. product, working about a month ago, but it only shows me a black screen now.
Since there was no any hardware changes since then, I think it is related to Linux kernel.
It also has a mic working just fine.
I googled it for an hour but nothing changed.

Here is an output of uname -a:

Linux kimsarch 6.6.1-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 08 Nov 2023 16:05:38 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1e7d:2fee ROCCAT ROCCAT Vulcan TKL
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2516:0051 Cooler Master Co., Ltd. AMD SR4 lamplight Control
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1bcf:2650 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. Streaming Webcam
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

ls /dev/video1:

/dev/video0  /dev/video1

ls -l:

crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Nov 10 20:03 /dev/video0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 1 Nov 10 20:03 /dev/video1

Is there a method I can follow to fix this issue?
If you need an extra information, feel free to ask!
Thank you for reading.

Last edited by request73 (2023-11-10 11:19:46)

obelisk

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From: Germany

Registered: 2021-01-10

Posts: 76

Re: Webcam Doesn't Work After Update

Try to get a video picture with:

pacman -S guvcview
guvcview

request73

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Registered: 2023-11-10

Posts: 2

Re: Webcam Doesn't Work After Update

Actually, I forgot to test it with other OS/PCs before I write this topic.
Now, I concluded that it was just broken.
I think I should fix it or buy a new one.
Anyway, I'm glad I can solve this now!