Thank you! You folks just are the best!

SOLUTION: https://lemmy.ml/comment/4084707 Follow this thread!

I noticed that my webcam wasn’t working and I thought maybe it had some driver missing.

(base) bob@bob:~
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:6363 Microdia USB 2.0 Camera

so I created a probe using linux-hardware.org app image and it found that I had this hardware component that wasn’t working. https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:0c45-6363 and it also has this in the website

Now, I searched for this exact keyword and found this driver lying around a little known guy’s repository called linux.

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c

Now, I don’t know how to install it. So, how do I install this?

  • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
    3·
    1 year ago

    v4l2-ctl

    hey, I slept off. it was midnight in India

    sudo v4l2-ctl --list-devices
USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam: USB2.0 HD (usb-0000:00:14.0-3):
	/dev/video0
	/dev/video1
	/dev/media0

    I installed v4l2-utils and did this, still no luck with the webcam

    edit:

    The virtual camera driver thing still shows nothing, but web cam is now working for discord. I thank you wholeheartedly! You made my day (this is morning now and this was the first thing I tried and it worked, it did make my day), thank you mate!!! But do tell me the reasoning behind what you did!

    • db2
      2·
      1 year ago

      It was troubleshooting, but it looks like the package I had you install was what was missing. The first thing in your screenshot references it so there must be something in there you needed.

      I would guess the ‘virtual camera’ has something to do with the unchecked 'advanced effects mode ’

      Glad to be of help. 😁