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I am trying to help my friend to complete his transition to Ubuntu 10.10 (Desktop edition) from windows. Unfortunately he is unable to configure the webcam

lsusb lists it as:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0c45:613c Microdia PC Camera (SN9C120)

Windows lists it as "USB PC Camera -168" cheese do not configure it, though it

I do not see any drivers for it in http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/ and I am not sure if it is a UVC webcam as well. On checking for UVC, I used below command and it returned nothing.

sudo lsusb -d 0c45:613c -v | grep "14 Video"

Is there a way to configure this successfully in Ubuntu 10.10?

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Support for this camera appears to be a bug (and regression), linking it here for reference: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/693574 – Jorge Castro Feb 2 '11 at 17:58
Thanks Jorge. I noticed as per bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/337560, this was working in Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10, so I expect some simple fix. Some links pointed me to groups.google.com/group/microdia, but the site talks on compiling the stuff and says it is deprecated after 2.6.31. (This driver has been deprecated in favor of the sn9c20x sub-driver that is now included in the mainline kernel). I am not an expert to check further, so I am not very sure if this indicates the problem I am facing. Also my friends kernel is latest from Ubuntu 2.6.35) – Jamess Feb 3 '11 at 3:42
Hello, this question has no information and activity for a very long time. I am closing it for now. If by any reason you think this question is still viable or useful in anyway or that there is still a good chance it will be answered please flag it to a moderator or add a comment with the reason(s) why you want it open. Regards – fossfreedom♦ Feb 21 '12 at 21:32

closed as too localized by fossfreedom♦ Feb 21 '12 at 21:32

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