USB Webcam device detection

Hardware Arduino Yún
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Hi,

First, apologies for being a YUN newbie.

I'm trying to get a USB camera to work with my YUN. I have a Logitech, Inc. Webcam C270 that my YUN seems to see, but it's not mounting a device on /dev/video0

root@Arduino:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6254 Alcor Micro Corp. USB Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:0825 Logitech, Inc. Webcam C270
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 058f:6366 Alcor Micro Corp. Multi Flash Reader

I installed fswebcam & v4l-utils with opkg, but it seems like I should be able to read from this device not. Is there some other step required to mount the camera to /dev?

Help greatly appreciated. Thanks

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I was missing the kmod-video-uvc module. This thread was very helpful:

http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=188690.0;wap2

  • Check your camera's compatibility (some are UVC, some are GSPCA, some not supported at all). I would suggest taking a look here: USB Video Support [Old OpenWrt Wiki]
  • Install either the UVC driver or GSPCA (if not already installed) e.g. opkg install kmod-video-uvc