Has anyone been able to get a Logitech Clicksmart 510 webcam working in either Mandrake 9.0 or RedHat 8.0? I have video 4 Linux as module. Both Rh & Mandy detect my APC USB UPS device.

I know support is spotty for USB webcams > so any help will be appreciated.

What does "lsusb" say about the cam?

Did you mean ls usb? I just reinstalled RH 8.0. I was checking various configuration tools. KDE Control center > USB Devices > the Clicksmart 510 camera is listed there > has the vendor & product ID info in the details section. Since RH has detected the camera what is the next step? Which program do I need to use it?

Thank's.

I just checked in Mandrake 9.0 > USB devices > the camera is listed as unknown device > though the info does list the correct Vendor & Product ID numbers. Hope this info helps.

I meant "lsusb", this is what is says about my webcam,
In my case this tells me that my cam uses the cpia module.

Mandrake 9.0 > lsusb info:

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:0901 Logitech Inc. ClickSmart 510
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Back-UPS Pro 500

Going to boot into RH > will see what results I get there.

Ok, a search at linux-usb tells me that your cam is based on a SPCA500A chip which leads me to this page, things are looking grim at this stage according to their supported devices list but all is not lost, I was facing the same problem with my scanner 12 months ago and it's now working better than ever, so get involved, sign up to the mailing list and start testing.

This is the info for lsusb on RH 8.0:

us 001 Device 002: ID 046d:0901 Logitech Inc.
Language IDs: none (invalid length string descriptor bf; len=0)
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.00
bDeviceClass 0 Interface
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x046d Logitech Inc.
idProduct 0x0901
bcdDevice 0.90
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 0
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 295
bNumInterfaces 3
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
MaxPower 500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type none
wMaxPacketSize 0
bInterval 1

Getting late > will check back tomorrow . thank's.