Logitech QuickCam in Fedora 4

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot · 01-05-2006, 08:12 PM

g'day,

im trying to get my webcam working in FC4 so i can use it with Kopete on MSN ( was using Gnome all this while and dint know i could use the webcam :P ) however im having trouble looking for the drivers. most ool said to use the philips drivers but they can be found due to some legal issues goin on with philips and release of their drivers on linux ( Logitech technology is Philips i think ). can anyone guide me through this please ?

thanx.

Linux.tar.gz · 01-05-2006, 08:38 PM

http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/ is the answer. I installed a quickcam 2 monthes ago, and it worked perfectly.

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot · 01-06-2006, 01:24 AM

The link contains a link to other respective webcam pages where to download the drivers and insall from. my version is Logitech QuickCam and all except the 3000 and 4000 series direct me to this link:

http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/

seems the roumers i heard were right. Driver support has been discontinued. any ideas on how to proceed ?

Linux.tar.gz · 01-06-2006, 05:58 PM

http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/#Installation
Try it first.

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot · 01-07-2006, 05:34 AM

i went through that part. the propbem im facing is that i dont know where to get that driver tarball from. i googled it but cant find it anywhere.im sorry if im missing something obvious here but could u be a bit more specific please where i can find that tarball.

thanx again.

Linux.tar.gz · 01-07-2006, 10:12 AM

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ease_id=320782

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot · 01-07-2006, 09:09 PM

thanx mate. i compiled it as indicated but am now stuck with the "V4L" thing the website and the installer say one must have. is that by anychance the video-lan player their talking about ? apart from that i just have to somehow get the USB drive mounted and i should be good.

thanx again.

arikamir · 01-08-2006, 01:06 AM

Does someone know of a quick plug n play web cam for linux?

Linux.tar.gz · 01-08-2006, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

thanx mate. i compiled it as indicated but am now stuck with the "V4L" thing the website and the installer say one must have. is that by anychance the video-lan player their talking about ? apart from that i just have to somehow get the USB drive mounted and i should be good.

thanx again.

v4l means video for linux. It's a kernel module. Try a "modprobe videodev" as root in order to load this module. It should be included in FC4, which is user-friendly.