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WebCam Detection

Detect the USB equipment via:

# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0b95:772b ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88772B
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0c45:0011 Microdia EBUDDY
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:0829 Logitech, Inc. 
.....

Then we got more informations from our detected webCAM equipment:

# lsusb -s 001:002 -v | egrep "Width|Height"
        wWidth                            640
        wHeight                           480
        wWidth                            352
        wHeight                           288
.....

Software

Install guvcview for detection the cameral and take pictures:

# pacman -S guvcview

Now using guvcview you could get the pictures.