Logitech express Webcam issues,
Hi, I'm trying to setup a web cam, first time for me with linux. The cam works OK in M$winxpsp2, but I can't seem to get it to show me a picture. Any ideas what I'm doing or not doing? Thanks in advance, Glenn
From the below info, I gather the address of the device is... /dev/bus/usb/002/002 I installed WmWebcam and gv4l(?) (I'm using kde) and dkms-gspcav1 (but the module is already present in the kernel), [glenn@GamesBox ~]$ uname -a Linux GamesBox.GlennsPref.net 2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv #1 SMP Fri Jun 20 10:12:54 EST 2008 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ GNU/Linux [glenn@GamesBox ~]$ lsusb... Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:092f Logitech, Inc. QuickCam express Plus lsmod... gspca 694864 1 compat_ioctl32 13056 1 gspca videodev 31360 2 gspca v4l2_common 22272 2 compat_ioctl32,videodev v4l1_compat 17540 1 videodev dmesg | less... Linux video capture interface: v2.00 /var/lib/dkms/gspca/1.00.20-2mdv2008.1/build/gspca_core.c: USB GSPCA camera found.(SPCA561A) /var/lib/dkms/gspca/1.00.20-2mdv2008.1/build/gspca_core.c: [spca5xx_probe:4283] Camera type S561 /var/lib/dkms/gspca/1.00.20-2mdv2008.1/build/gspca_core.c: [spca5xx_getcapability:1256] maxw 352 maxh 288 minw 160 minh 120 usbcore: registered new interface driver gspca /var/lib/dkms/gspca/1.00.20-2mdv2008.1/build/gspca_core.c: gspca driver 01.00.20 registered /var/lib/dkms/gspca/1.00.20-2mdv2008.1/build/gspca_core.c: [spca5xx_set_light_freq:1940] Sensor currently not support light frequency banding filters. /var/lib/dkms/gspca/1.00.20-2mdv2008.1/build/gspca_core.c: [gspca_set_isoc_ep:952] ISO EndPoint found 0x81 AlternateSet 7 /var/lib/dkms/gspca/1.00.20-2mdv2008.1/build/Sunplus/spca561.h: [spca561_init:467] Find spca561 USB Product ID 92f /var/lib/dkms/gspca/1.00.20-2mdv2008.1/build/gspca_core.c: [spca5xx_set_light_freq:1940] Sensor currently not support light frequency banding filters. /var/lib/dkms/gspca/1.00.20-2mdv2008.1/build/gspca_core.c: [gspca_set_isoc_ep:952] ISO EndPoint found 0x81 AlternateSet 7 /var/lib/dkms/gspca/1.00.20-2mdv2008.1/build/Sunplus/spca561.h: [spca561_init:467] Find spca561 USB Product ID 92f gv4l[19413]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00002b2f03225212 rsp 00007fffac2243c0 error 4 (end of dmesg) regards, Glenn |
I have it sorted now, using the search function here at LQ I found this,
note, the module (gspca) is in the current mandriva kernel and loaded when the cam was plugged in, so downloading and compiling may not relevant, This page is a bit old, but reveals other links to google, (old links) http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/.../hardware.html ch. 2.3.5. (of above link) Quote:
http://tuukkat.awardspace.com/quickcam/quickcam.html now viewing with gqcam regards, Glenn |
Sorry how did you solve it ?
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Hi, reading through this page...
http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/ followed this link to the download page... http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html I selected the mandriva package then downloaded and installed this driver... dkms-gspcav1-1.00.20-2mdv2008.1.noarch.rpm The dkms.rpm and its deps. (dynamic kernel module service) is required for mandriva. note, The source files are available here...(i did not need them) http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/oldrelease/?M=D reboot, (make sure dkms (services) is started at boot) check the hardware is connected... [root@GamesBox glenn]# lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c215 Logitech, Inc. Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:092f Logitech, Inc. QuickCam express Plus Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04a9:1098 Canon, Inc. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 check the module is loaded, (gspca)... [root@GamesBox glenn]# /sbin/lsmod | grep -i usb usb_storage 108100 0 usbhid 50400 0 ff_memless 9608 1 usbhid usblp 17536 0 scsi_mod 157368 4 usb_storage,sg,libata,sd_mod usbcore 145328 8 usb_storage,gspca,usbhid,usblp,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd [root@GamesBox glenn]# Even though the module is built in to the mandriva kernel, it seems the dkms is required to load the module. Istall Gqcam and any deps... Using Gqcam to view the image. # uname -a Linux GamesBox.GlennsPref.net 2.6.24.4-1mnbcustom #2 SMP Mon Jul 21 22:21:11 EST 2008 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ GNU/Linux Cheers, Glenn |
Hi, I have since switched to another recorder/viewer.
spcaview which is capable of recording and replaying video content with audio from the webcam. SP54convert converts the film to standard .avi file, but I have not acheived that yet (still researching). Perhaps because, The compression utility uses a "fourcc - DPSH" codec which I also have not been able to work. There is also another batch of programs I am thinking about installing and trying out, uvcvideo and luvcview. Overall, the spcaview program seems to be good, If I convert the video it will be best, and I will use it to post some vids to my blog (wip). I have found Gideo to be a nice viewer, But I use 64bit-kde and not 32bit-gnome. This seems to be it failing for my system, also the 64 bit OS, the libs sought for are not found by the ./configure and make processes. It seems I would require a full gnome 32bit os as well as the 64bit I have for my processor(cpu), so a bit of a mix, qt and gtk and 32bit as well as the 64bit libraries required for the system to operate. Too hard! Installing from source in mandy-64bit is a hazardous exercise. Cheers, Glenn. |
Thanks a lot for that but I get this message :-
"Could not find a mirror from mirrorlist http://plf.zarb.org/mirrors/2008.1.i586.list" Any idea why ? |
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Only thing I can think of is maybe the repo is down while repopulating the packages(adding new stuff). Try again, and you need to be root. Regards, Glenn |
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What is a good application to use to check if this is working. It does not seem to be working with aMSN. |
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cp /usr/lib64/libgnome-2.so.0 /usr/lib64/libgnome-1.so.0 and cp /usr/lib64/libgnomeui-2.so.0 /usr/lib64/libgnomeui-1.so.0 to get the software to work, because of a dependency I could not resolve. The older gnome1 files were required by the software but I have gnome2 libs and I use kde. So I tried a trick, by copying and renaming the new files as the old ones. |
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