Logitech Quickcam Support

I'm running Mandrake 10.1 on an AMD Athlon XP2200+ with 256MB RAM. I installed Mandrake with my Logitech Quickcam Messenger plugged in.After installation I could see that it knows the camera is there,but it doesn't know what it is or how to talk to it. I tried some of the drivers one can get on the Internet. These are however a nightmare to install or even to compile for a newbie like me.

I checked the HCL on Mandrake.org and saw that the Logitech Quickcam Express is listed as compatible.The Messenger is not there at all! Does this mean that Mandrake 10.1 will recognise and load the driver for a Logitech Quickcam Express? Will it be like plug and play? Will I need to compile drivers and such :-(

Thanks

... I've your very same problem...
did you solved it?

thanks

juxx

I'm not sure if all Logitech Quickcam versions are the same but I have a Quickcam B&W and it was detected on it's own using the quickcam module. I can then use Gnomemeeting to use it...

Is it a USB cam?
Becuase it has been quite a few issues with MDK 10.1 and USB equipment.

I must say that I have never had any problems using MDK 10.1 with several of mine USB devices. So I guess it is a HW conflict in somewhat.

If it is an USB model, try

Code:

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lsusb

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And see if your CAM is listed.

Yes swemic, my cam is listed in usb devices:
[root@pcibm01 juxx]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:08f5 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

I can find it also in Harddrake hardware list, under
-Unknown/others
--camera
have I to search for a driver?

try lsmod. See if it loaded the quickcam module.

This is the lsmod output:
Module Size Used by
sg 35516 0
scsi_mod 107428 1 sg
md5 4576 1
ipv6 249412 10
i810_audio 36052 2
ac97_codec 17868 1 i810_audio
soundcore 8288 3 i810_audio
af_packet 17864 2
floppy 57168 0
eth1394 18792 0
eepro100 28044 0
mii 5216 1 eepro100
ide-cd 38528 0
cdrom 38844 1 ide-cd
ohci1394 32676 0
ieee1394 294872 2 eth1394,ohci1394
loop 13896 0
supermount 36528 1
intel-agp 20608 1
agpgart 29036 1 intel-agp
uhci-hcd 30448 0
usbcore 107396 3 uhci-hcd
ext3 123496 3
jbd 56600 1 ext3

I found a driver here:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=438568

but I dont be able to compile it:
running "make install" like in instructions I get several errors like below:
qc-driver.c:3342: error: storage size of `qc_v4l_template' isn't known
qc-driver.c:3377: error: storage size of `qc_usb_driver' isn't known
qc-driver.c:87: warning: 'keepsettings' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:91: warning: 'settle' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:96: warning: 'subsample' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:100: warning: 'compress' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:104: warning: 'frameskip' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:108: warning: 'quality' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:112: warning: 'adaptive' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:116: warning: 'shutteradapt' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:120: warning: 'equalize' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:130: warning: 'userlut' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:135: warning: 'retryerrors' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:140: warning: 'compatible' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:189: warning: 'LIST_HEAD' declared `static' but never defined
qc-driver.c:190: warning: 'DECLARE_MUTEX' declared `static' but never defined
qc-driver.c:193: warning: 'userlut_contents' defined but not used
qc-driver.c:3342: warning: 'qc_v4l_template' defined but not used
make: *** [qc-driver.o] Error 1

Do you have the kernel-source installed? I just tried to compile it and it works fine off the 2.6.8.1-24mdk kernel

YEAHH! You've made it zivagolee!!
I learned something tonigth...

Thank you very much! :D

no problemo.. glad to help out! :)