dmesg | tail -- will list what was detected when the webcam is
plugged in.
lsusb -- should show the device id and description if it was
picked up.
lsmod -- should show the modules associated with the device.
if it is a UVC model camera you may need to load the uvcdriver
modprobe uvcvideo --- unplug then replug the webcam and look again
using the above.
I believe uvcvideo comes with kernel-module-uvcvideo
look for something similar:
------------------------Device Stats
BeagleBoard---------------------------
root@beagle:~# dmesg | tail
usb 1-1.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
gspca: main v2.4.0 registered
gspca: probing 046d:08af
zc3xx: probe 2wr ov vga 0x0000
zc3xx: probe sensor -> 11
zc3xx: Find Sensor HV7131R(c)
gspca: probe ok
usbcore: registered new interface driver zc3xx
zc3xx: registered
root@beagle:~#
------------------------Device Stats
BeagleBoard---------------------------
Linux beagle 2.6.28-omap1 #1 Tue Mar 24 18:57:27 CET 2009 armv7l GNU/
Linux
lsusb (BeagleBoard)
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 046d:08af Logitech, Inc.
root@beagle:~/test# lsmod
Module Size Used by
gspca_zc3xx 45984 0
gspca_main 22816 1 gspca_zc3xx
videodev 31616 1 gspca_main
v4l1_compat 14308 1 videodev
Don Lewis
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