0c45:63e0 - built-in webcam not detected (Dell vostro 1310)

[JClift]

Hi,

I have dell vostro 1310. I'm using hardy latest kernel (.21). In all kernels of Hardy have never had my webcam detected at all.

I have tried to install it following the instructions from this site, followed all the instructions and webcam still not detected.

http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/#download

Can confirm others is similar position with same notebook

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=804780

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Nah, if the driver on berlios.de that's recommended doesn't actually work, we can't use it, so it's not Triaged yet. By the way, can you test with an Intrepid live cd and see if it works on there? Though really no chance it'll be done in two weeks, we can at least rule out the possibility that it's been silently fixed.

[JClift (jclift26)]

Mack, wow what a quick response :)

I'll download the live cd and check it out Tues at earliest (sorry away from PC til then) and get back to you and see if it works and if any other issues with Intrepid , as have had lots of hardware issues in hardy anyway :).

It's weird that for same laptop people can get success (or not ) with the driver, or work straight of the box right?

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

It's possible the driver hasn't kept up with mainline kernel development
and so worked around 2.6.20 or that it *has* kept up and is no longer
compatible with 2.6.24 but will work with 2.6.27

[JClift (jclift26)]

Maybe its a possibility, It didn't work for me in 2.6.16 or 2.6.19 though .

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Didn't work out of the box or didn't work using that driver? The driver
isn't in the mainline kernel. Either way you need to compile it, I just
mean it might only be compatible with certain kernels.

[JClift (jclift26)]

Sorry for the delay in response. Mack. The driver didn't work in any kernel I used...but anyway. I've tested Intrepid and well not had much luck there. Still same problem so no magic wand has been waved so far.:)

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

Alright, well I'm setting this to Confirmed based on the forum link.

[JClift (jclift26)]

Cheers, Mack- hopefully it'll get in the pipelines to get fixed soon.- ta for the great effort you guys are doing!

[JClift (jclift26)]

Good news ....webcam detected in Cheese in upgrade to Lucid...let me know if you need more info.

[Zoubidoo (zoubidoo)]

I'm running Lucid 10.04 but getting very poor webcam performance. The image is all chopped up and sometimes doesn't update for 15 seconds or more. Can anyone else confirm this?

Kernel module is uvcvideo

lsusb says:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0c45:63e0 Microdia Sonix Integrated Webcam

[Zoubidoo (zoubidoo)]

I tried the webcam under win7 with skype's video configuration test and performance is fine so it's not a hardware problem.

On lucid the problem occurs with both skype and cheese.

[Paulo Fernandes (pasouza)]

Same as Zoubidoo on Lucid 10.04

[penalvch (penalvch)]

JClift, thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Lucid Desktop reached EOL on May 9, 2013.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Is this an issue in a supported release? If so, could you please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 284840

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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