[Mageia-discuss] USB webcam prob

Florian Hubold doktor5000 at arcor.de
Thu Sep 29 19:03:00 CEST 2011


Am 29.09.2011 14:03, schrieb Renaud (Ron) Olgiati:
> The problem: A USB web-camera that is not recognized under Mageia; 
> it works under Windows XP, and, used to work under Mdv 2010.0.
>
> The camera does connect:
> root at localhost:/home/ron # lsusb
> <snip>
> Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0458:704b KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems)
>
> but no link created to /dev/video0
>
> Is there a way to create that link manually ?
>  
> TIA,
>  
> Ron.
The link alone does not help, you need a driver for it.
Check
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/webcam-support-genius-slim-311r-703967/



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