[SOLVED] Webcam Drivers

Cerebral Assasin · 05-03-2010, 07:40 AM

Hi

Where can i get linux drivers for my QHM 500 LM CAMERA (with 6 lights & microphone 500 K pixel). I am a new linux user, i had been using windows for 12 years. Please help

The full details of my webcam are on this link http://www.qhmpl.com/webcam.html

I could not find the linux drivers on this link http://www.qhmpl.com/drivers.html

mostlyharmless · 05-03-2010, 06:36 PM

Have you looked at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam and tried the suggestions?

jspaces · 05-03-2010, 07:56 PM

It looks like it may be possibly supported by gspca kernel module. The linux kernel 2.4.25 module driver from the QHM driver site README states it is an zc301. With the 2.6 kernel, the module is called gspca_zc3xx. I do not own the QHM webcam so I can not be sure if it is fully functional. I do use this module for my Logitech Communicate STX which works with Skype as well. Normally the modules for any supported hardware are automatically loaded during boot up with stock kernels. To check if the module is loaded run in a terminal: (snipped)

Code:

#lsmod
gspca_zc3xx            41346  0 
gspca_main             22907  1 gspca_zc3xx
videodev               39355  1 gspca_main
v4l1_compat            15546  1 videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32    10641  1 videodev
usbcore               144320  11 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,gspca_zc3xx,gspca_main,usbhid,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd

It should be listed. If it is not you can try to manually load the module(s) as root.

Code:

#modprobe gspca_zc3xx

If that fails you could disconnect the webcam, then reconnect it and view dmesg to see if the webcam does get detected.

Code:

#dmesg | grep gspca

Then try to load the module again.

To get Skype to use the webcam, all I had to do was select the device in Skype's options to enable the camera. On my system it did take some other tweaking to get Skype to run correctly. The Ubuntu link in the above post describes the tweaks that may be required:

Code:

Go to main menu, System, Preferences, Menus: Applications, Internet, Items: Skype, Properties, and replace the Command with

For 32 bit

Code:

bash -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype'

For 64 bit

Code:

bash -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype'

Hope this helps.

Cerebral Assasin · 05-03-2010, 08:17 PM

Thanks for the help jspaces, everything works just fine, god bless you buddy. I just had to dual boot to windows because my webcam didn't work in linux, now i won't. Maybe it's time to say bye bye to Microsoft and Bill Gates