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fedora
Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:30 pm Posts: 6
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 Logitech webcam won't show display
Hello. sorry if this been posted before but im desperate! i've installed zoneminder on ubuntu 11.04, fedora15 & centos5.6 successfully and now im trying zoneminder virtual appliance. im using Logitech Pro 4000 the Webcam is working FINE with Cheese and Camorama added the camera in the "add new monitor" option and its always Black\Blank screen! been googleing about it for DAYSSS but cant find any solution for this thanks for ANY help 
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| Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:42 am |
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bb99
Joined: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:04 am Posts: 845
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| Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:15 pm |
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fedora
Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:30 pm Posts: 6
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 Re: Logitech webcam won't show display
thanks for your reply. after following the instructions... still no success! and now i cant load the zoneminder webpage at all ! 
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| Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:10 am |
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fedora
Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:30 pm Posts: 6
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ok just 1 mistake after a reboot i can login to the zoneminder webpage again but still after adding the camera its just Black\Blank screen!
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| Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:24 am |
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PacoLM
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:55 pm Posts: 558 Location: Spain
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 Re: Logitech webcam won't show display
Have a look to your logs (/var/log/syslog) and check if it complains about shared memory settings.
_________________ miniITX system + 4 IPCams + 1 Webcam (ZM1.25)
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| Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:13 am |
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fedora
Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:30 pm Posts: 6
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 Re: Logitech webcam won't show display
ok not really sure what im suppose to look inside the file but i posted a screenshot of what look to me the most relevant lines! is this the right part?
p.s forgot to mention im running the machine inside VMware Workstation8
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| Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:30 am |
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PacoLM
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:55 pm Posts: 558 Location: Spain
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 Re: Logitech webcam won't show display
Create a file called checksharedmemory.sh with these lines and chmod +x: Run the script and get the values, copy the values at the end of the file /etc/sysctl.conf, for instance: kernel.shmall = 128350 kernel.shmmax = 473149440 Reload the values using sysctl -p , or reboot Hope it helps, PacoLM
_________________ miniITX system + 4 IPCams + 1 Webcam (ZM1.25)
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| Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:15 pm |
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fedora
Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:30 pm Posts: 6
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 Re: Logitech webcam won't show display
thanks been following the instructions... but cannot run the script! was trying also chmod u+x
please check my screenshot
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| Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:08 pm |
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PacoLM
Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:55 pm Posts: 558 Location: Spain
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 Re: Logitech webcam won't show display
Here's attached, I think you removed the #.
_________________ miniITX system + 4 IPCams + 1 Webcam (ZM1.25)
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| Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:21 pm |
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fedora
Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:30 pm Posts: 6
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 Re: Logitech webcam won't show display
ok finally was able to run the script! copied the values (as you can see in the screenshot the sysctl.conf already had values so i added # to them) anyway i tried adding the camera again with PAL\NTSC and still Black screen whats wrong with that ?
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| Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:16 am |
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FullMoonMadness
Joined: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:42 pm Posts: 11
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 Re: Logitech webcam won't show display
I just got a Logitech Quickcam E 3500 going, albeit at a low resolution. I'd recommend starting with the lowest resolution. Once picture is working, then you can graduate to higher resolutions. The pdf at this link came in handy: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=logitech%20uvc%20frame&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CEgQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.quickcamteam.net%2Fdevices%2Flogitech_uvc_frame_format_list.pdf&ei=zaewTqTtH4yGsAKTp9jBAQ&usg=AFQjCNEd0oxg9fupr8roTO9cifhw0vuUNQ&cad=rjaI opened terminal and ran "lsusb". The last four digits of my ID corresponded with some of the info in the pdf.
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| Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:18 am |
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