gspca_ov519 doesn't work for me, but installing ov51x-jpeg-source seems to work, thanks for that.
lsusb: Bus 002 Device 005: ID 05a9:0518 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. OV518 WebCam dmesg: [ 1802.884974] usbcore: registered new interface driver ov51x [ 1802.884983] ov51x_jpeg: 1.5.9 : ov51x USB Camera Driver [ 1825.180049] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 [ 1825.395444] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 1825.396937] ov51x_jpeg: USB OV518 video device found [ 1825.399802] ov51x_jpeg: Device revision 1 [ 1825.435795] ov51x_jpeg: Compression required with OV518...enabling [ 1827.958797] ov51x_jpeg: WARNING: Sensor is an OV66308. Your camera may have [ 1827.958806] ov51x_jpeg: been misdetected in previous driver versions. Please [ 1827.958811] ov51x_jpeg: report this to Mark. [ 1829.088324] ov51x_jpeg: Device at usb-0000:00:0b.0-2 registered to minor 0 Thank you for your help! -- webcam error - ov511.c: No decompressor available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41779 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs