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[SOLVED] How to install this particular driver on Linux ['Microdia USB 2.0 Camera'] (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Subject6051@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Thank you! You folks just are the best!

SOLUTION: https://lemmy.ml/comment/4084707 Follow this thread!

I noticed that my webcam wasn't working and I thought maybe it had some driver missing.

(base) bob@bob:~
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:6363 Microdia USB 2.0 Camera

so I created a probe using linux-hardware.org app image and it found that I had this hardware component that wasn't working. https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:0c45-6363 and it also has this in the website

Now, I searched for this exact keyword and found this driver lying around a little known guy's repository called linux.

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c

Now, I don't know how to install it. So, how do I install this?

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[–] wmassingham@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

As you noted, it's part of the mainline linux kernel as of 2.6.26. You can verify this with modinfo uvcvideo. It will print the kernel module info. When compatible hardware is detected, it should load the module automatically, but you can check loaded modules with lsmod and load it manually with modprobe uvcvideo if necessary.