Comments on: Debian GNU/Linux on Dell Inspiron 1764 http://blog.burghardt.pl/2010/04/debian-gnulinux-on-dell-inspiron-1764/ Create. Break. Fix. Repeat. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:08:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Krzysztof Burghardt http://blog.burghardt.pl/2010/04/debian-gnulinux-on-dell-inspiron-1764/#comment-1221 Krzysztof Burghardt Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:17:43 +0000 http://www.burghardt.pl/?p=387#comment-1221 All input/event devices you have referred to are not for video capture. I have no idea what they are for, as this camera have no buttons. On my laptop camera works with uvcvideo kernel module (USB Video Class driver). Driver initialization looks like: <pre> Linux video capture interface: v2.00 uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_1.3M (0c45:641d) usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0) </pre> I have only one video device attached (build-in webcam) so I can test it with simple mplayer invocation: <pre> mplayer tv:// </pre> All input/event devices you have referred to are not for video capture. I have no idea what they are for, as this camera have no buttons. On my laptop camera works with uvcvideo kernel module (USB Video Class driver). Driver initialization looks like:

Linux video capture interface: v2.00
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_1.3M (0c45:641d)
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)

I have only one video device attached (build-in webcam) so I can test it with simple mplayer invocation:

mplayer tv://
]]> By: Blecha http://blog.burghardt.pl/2010/04/debian-gnulinux-on-dell-inspiron-1764/#comment-1220 Blecha Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:12:36 +0000 http://www.burghardt.pl/?p=387#comment-1220 I installed ubuntu 10.04, presently with upgrade: Linux husa 2.6.32-30-generic #59-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 21:30:21 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux I never got the webcam working under Ubuntu while the hardware is certainly OK (I have windows 7 in double boot). Full description of the problem at: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1544167&highlight=1764+webcam Any help, hint ? Thanks Andre Blecha I installed ubuntu 10.04, presently with upgrade:

Linux husa 2.6.32-30-generic #59-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 21:30:21 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux

I never got the webcam working under Ubuntu while the hardware is certainly OK (I have windows 7 in double boot). Full description of the problem at:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1544167&highlight=1764+webcam

Any help, hint ?

Thanks Andre Blecha

]]> By: Dink-X http://blog.burghardt.pl/2010/04/debian-gnulinux-on-dell-inspiron-1764/#comment-298 Dink-X Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:49:05 +0000 http://www.burghardt.pl/?p=387#comment-298 Upgrade to <a href="http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.42&lang=English" rel="nofollow">Catalyst 10.5</a>! ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450 is officially supported from now on. Upgrade to Catalyst 10.5! ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450 is officially supported from now on.

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