Built in webcam not working on latest antix

[Anonymous]

Edited for clarity moddit. Translation problem I guess.
Built in or integrated webcam, not building webcam

Hi guys!

I’m running the latest antix on my old pc (acer travel mate 32bit)
This pc has an integrated webcam (logitech, inc c920 hd pro)

This webcam does not work with cheese!

How can i fix?

And What checks/operations I do to understand if antix recognizes the webcam?

Thanks

• This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by ModdIt.

[PPCMember]

Hi – I love cheese – eating it, I mean, I never knew you can make a webcam work with it – I’m joking, I assume it’s some kind of graphics software…
To check if antiX recognizes your webcam run gtkam (via the terminal or from the menu or app-select). If it detects your webcam, it means that everything should be ok from the Operating System side…
Try that and report back, with your system’s full info…

[Anonymous]

thanks for you answer!

inxi -F 

System:
  Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 
  Desktop: IceWM 2.9.6 Distro: antiX-21_386-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 
Machine:
  Type: Other-vm? System: Acer product: TravelMate 4220 v: N/A 
  serial: <superuser required> 
  Mobo: Acer model: Bodensee2 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Acer 
  v: 0.3117 date: 05/17/06 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 0% condition: 15.4/44.4 Wh (34.6%) volts: 0.0 min: 11.1 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel T2300 bits: 32 type: MCP cache: L2: 2 MiB 
  Speed: 1000 MHz min/max: 1000/1667 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1000 2: 1000 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics 
  driver: i915 v: kernel 
  Device-2: Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam type: USB driver: vc032x 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: intel 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1280x800~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GM x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 1.4 Mesa 20.3.5 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio 
  driver: snd_hda_intel 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network driver: iwl3945 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:13:02:3f:56:65 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter 
  driver: 8139too 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:16:36:5a:7b:b5 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 74.53 GiB used: 3.92 GiB (5.3%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HTS541080G9AT00 size: 74.53 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 71.32 GiB used: 3.92 GiB (5.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1.5 GiB used: 4 KiB (0.0%) 
  dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 150 Uptime: 1h 3m Memory: 991 MiB used: 427.5 MiB (43.1%) 
  Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.06 

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lsusb

Bus 001 Device 008: ID 046d:0892 Logitech, Inc. C920 HD Pro Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

with gtkam i get only a white screen and nothing more

[PPCMember]

Try reading this, it may help you out: http://alexandra-zaharia.github.io/posts/autofocus-of-the-logitech-c920-webcam-in-linux/

[capreaModerator]

Does the laptop also boot with the 5.10 kernel and did you try if the webcam might works with it?

[ModdItMember]

What you describe is not uncommon over linux distros.
pls try to run webcam as root, if that lets it work you will then just need to figure out correct permissions.

[deagojonsonMember]

Hi! I’m new here too. If your webcam isn’t working on the latest antiX, try testing it with webcammictest to see if it’s being detected at all. This can help determine if the issue is with the hardware or the system configuration. If the test fails, you might want to check if the necessary drivers are loaded or consider using tools like guvcview to further diagnose the problem.

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