

if you have mplayer installed you can use the command.if you have vlc installed you can start it and choose Media -> Open Capture Device -> Video device name = /dev/video0 -> Play.You can also test your webcam the following ways: But the time (in this case Nov 11 09:06) will be the time when you plugged it in. If you have several video4linux devices, for example a tv card your webcam may show up as /dev/video1 or whatever. If you have no /dev/video file, read #Troubleshooting. In this example your webcam device is named /dev/video0. open a console and list your video4linux devices:Ĭrw-rw-+ 1 root video 81, 0 Nov 11 09:06 /dev/video0.If cheese starts, but does not find a webcam, you need to dig deeper. for Debian, Raspbian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Flubuntu, Xubuntu, GEUbuntu, Edubuntu.
INSTALL LINUX ON USB CONNECTED DRIVE HOW TO
Here is how to find out your distribution.
INSTALL LINUX ON USB CONNECTED DRIVE INSTALL
To install cheese, you need to know your distribution.
