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  1. Bug #757040
  2. Comment #30

Comment 30 for bug 757040

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In , Sergey (sergey-redhat-bugs) wrote :

Description of problem:
  Webcam is not recognized.
  Tested on F12 (2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64) and Rawhide.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/desktop-x86_64-20100310.20.iso
2. Make a bootable USB Flash stick from it
3. Boot

Actual results:
  No /dev/video* and big red sign in Cheese

Expected results:
  Device file in /dev/ and some image in cheese/mplayer

Additional info:

Linux version 2.6.33-1.fc13.x86_64 (<email address hidden>) (gcc version 4.4.3 20100211 (Red Hat 4.4.3-6) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Wed Feb 24 19:55:32 UTC 2010

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 174f:6a31 Syntek Web Cam - Asus A8J, F3S, F5R, VX2S, V1S

Related parts of dmesg output:
...
usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=174f, idProduct=6a31
usb 1-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=10
usb 1-7: Product: USB2.0
usb 1-7: Manufacturer: Syntek
...