Alright I've followed just about all the steps I could possibly do. Here are my steps and my responses. Please Help if you can. Thank you. I Will be slow to reply today for I'm going to work in 4 hours, so if you reply before then I'll instantly reply back for I'm subscribed. Thanks.

type in lsusb as root:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 046d:08d7 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate STX
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

the lsmod comes up with :
Module Size Used by
snd_usb_audio 79584 0
snd_usb_lib 18432 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_hwdep 10756 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_via82xx 26520 2
snd_ac97_codec 98724 1 snd_via82xx
ac97_bus 5760 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 72068 4 snd_usb_audio,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 22532 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11528 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 10496 1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 22560 2 snd_usb_lib,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 10380 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 47716 12 snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd _seq_device
ipv6 234724 12
pcmcia 35884 0
pcmcia_core 35988 1 pcmcia
lp 13348 0
fuse 45588 1
ns558 7680 0
rtc_cmos 11040 0
rtc_core 18696 1 rtc_cmos
parport_pc 27556 1
rtc_lib 6528 1 rtc_core
parport 34632 2 lp,parport_pc
serio_raw 9092 0
psmouse 40336 0
evdev 12672 3
via_rhine 24968 0
mii 8448 1 via_rhine
gameport 14472 3 snd_via82xx,ns558
i2c_viapro 11156 0
soundcore 9824 1 snd
button 10000 0
thermal 16540 0
processor 32680 1 thermal
shpchp 32788 0
via_agp 12032 1
agpgart 30664 1 via_agp
sg 30224 0

ive heard that gaspcav1-20071224.tar.gz has the support for my webcam but i'm really lost on how to install the drivers inside. i've read the text's inside but i also don't know how to install libsdl so I stopped there.

-opened up and kept trying anyway-
i used the command gsocagui -d /dev/video0 after doing the steps then hit G for the webcam probe and this is what followed:
toggle init id 16, mode 0
toggle init id 17, mode 0
toggle init id 18, mode 1
toggle id 17, mode 0
toggle id 16, mode 0
toggle id 18, mode 1
processing button 20
send 196610 mid, (20) action, (1) value
waiting for the messages from the grabber
rec 196610 mid, (20) action, (1) value
Get message id 20, value 1
ret 20 val 32
open failed
grabber mode quit

so the window pops up but I just can't grab the webcam and I'm unsure why.

also the tar file is what i used in the end of my trying.

Have you got your camera to work? I have the same one and got it to work on CentOS 5.1 - Steve