Raspberry Pi webcam unable to open video device

Question

Error " Unable to open video device "

I am using a HP Deluxe Webcam (EW193AA) with raspberry pi

log of lsusb

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 093a:2621 Pixart Imaging, Inc. PAC731x Trust Webcam
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:2107 Dell Computer Corp.

log of motion -n

[0] Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf
[0] Motion 3.2.12 Started
[0] ffmpeg LIBAVCODEC_BUILD 3482368 LIBAVFORMAT_BUILD 3478785
[0] Thread 1 is from /etc/motion/motion.conf
[0] httpd bind(): Address already in use
[0] httpd thread exit
[1] Thread 1 started
[1] cap.driver: "gspca_pac7302"
[1] cap.card: "USB Camera (093a:2621)"
[1] cap.bus_info: "usb-bcm2708_usb-1.2"
[1] cap.capabilities=0x85000001
[1] - VIDEO_CAPTURE
[1] - READWRITE
[1] - STREAMING
[1] Config palette index 8 (YU12) doesn't work.
[1] Supported palettes:
[1] 0: PJPG (PJPG)
[1] Unable to find a compatible palette format.
[1] ioctl (VIDIOCGCAP): Inappropriate ioctl for device
[1] Could not fetch initial image from camera
[1] Motion continues using width and height from config file(s)
[1] Resizing pre_capture buffer to 1 items
[1] bind(): Address already in use
[1] Problem enabling stream server in port 8081: Address already in use
[1] Thread exiting
[0] Motion thread 1 restart

I have tried changing width and height to 160*140, 320*240,640*480 but resulted in same error.... but cannot find a solution...

Answer 1

Logfile says your port 8081 is already in use... please also ensure that your outpath is write enabled for user motion.motion: eg. sudo chown motion.motion /home/pi/motion