first make sure you can actually get webcam images using xawtv. If your webcam isn't set up, nothing else is going to work.
It isn't working. :-(
can't open /dev/video0: No such device v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such device v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such device v4l: open /dev/video0: No such device no video grabber device available
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