Asus 1215T and Slackware64 13.1 webcam support?

paulclou · 03-02-2011, 11:16 PM

Hi,

I have been trying to get the webcam under Slackware to work with eeePC 1215T. I've Googled for few hours and still came up with nothing. I'm not even sure if UVC supports this built in webcam!

From lspci..

Quote:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge Alternate
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4200]
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4727 (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Device 2062 (rev c1)

I don't quite see the webcam..

Any help?

Thanks!.
Paul

bgeddy · 03-03-2011, 12:32 AM

Well lspci will list pci bus attached devices. I take it it's on the USB bus as UVC, which you mentioned, works with these devices. If it is on the USB bus use /sbin/lsusb to see it. Also try lsmod and look for v4l modules loaded. I don't have any direct experience with this hardware but have with messing around with webcams so that's the best I can do for now.

paulclou · 03-03-2011, 05:11 PM

lsusb shows Linux Foundation or IMC Networks, no webcam, does that mean the webcam in the laptop is not supported?

bgeddy · 03-03-2011, 06:01 PM

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lsusb shows Linux Foundation or IMC Networks, no webcam, does that mean the webcam in the laptop is not supported?

Not necessarily - have a good look at dmesg and see if anything relevant is listed. As I said, I know nothing of the platform so i don't know whether the camera will be detected as being on the PCI bus or USB or in fact at all! The kernel messages should give an idea if the kernel is detecting it at boot up so look closely at dmesg. Googling around indicates many people run Linux on this hardware, (I don't know, is Linux perhaps an option when buying this hardware), but I haven't found anything specifically about the webcam. Hopefully someone with relevant experience will chip in here. Good luck with this and be sure to keep us posted on your progress.