Logitech QuickCam Messenger install

tramni1980 · 08-09-2006, 03:28 AM

Hello,
I am running Slackware 10.2 with kernel 2.4.31. I have a webcam: Logitech QuickCam Messenger.
The label of the disk with its software for Windows is: "QuickCAm 8.4.1"
I would like to install the webcam on my Slackware Linux system, but I do not have any idea what to do. Do I need to compile the kernel with support for the webcam, or I just have to load certain modules? What software shall I use so that I can take pictures and perform videochat in skype, yahoo or msn?

davidsrsb · 08-09-2006, 04:16 AM

Logitech change their chipsets all the time. Use a tool like usbview and plug the camera in. You need to find out the usb vendor and product IDs

tramni1980 · 08-09-2006, 04:20 AM

what is that tool usbview? probably it will help me find the vendor and the ID? where can I find that tool and shall shall I do to find that info?

tramni1980 · 08-09-2006, 04:29 AM

I installed the package "usbutils" and ran "lsusb". The result for the webcam is:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:08f0 Logitech, Inc.
What shall I do now?

tramni1980 · 08-09-2006, 05:23 AM

I found this tutorial :http://dev.openwengo.com/trac/openwe...ki/QcMessenger
which concerns exactly my type of webcam. I downloaded what is necessary, but when I issued the command "patch -p1 < qc-messenger-0.8-fix", it said that there is no such file or directory. And this is true. How shall I carry out the patch command?

tramni1980 · 08-09-2006, 06:48 AM

Besides the tutorial says that the quickcam module should be compiled with the same version of gcc that compiled the kernel. "most /proc/version" says Linux version 2.4.31 (root@tree) (gcc version 3.3.5) #8 Sun Jun 5 19:08:07 PDT 2005. I do not have gcc version 3.3.5 installed on my pc and I couldn't find it in http://slackware.it/en/pb/
What shall I do?

richikiki · 08-10-2006, 06:05 PM

I'm in the same direction as you

, if I found the driver I will tell you.

NOTE: using slack you can use the utility: lsusb and lspci to see the the hardware installed,

Feinom · 12-11-2006, 03:47 PM

I found the driver in the new kernel 2.6.19! Just module in video4linux (device drivers -> multimedia devices). Then go to Video capture adapters in the same window, scroll all the way to the bottom and go to "V4L USB Devices". Inside there should be a "USB Logitech Quickcam Messenger"-choice. Module that in, compile the kernel, and just 'modprobe quickcam_messenger'. Works perfectly! :-)