Noob needs help to install debian package

[cj1976]

Help me out here because this is driving me nuts! I'm trying to get my webcam working in OpenSuse 10.3 KDE and the only driver I can find is a binary-only.
This is the file I downloaded:

sn9cxxx_2.13-gutsy-1ubuntu1_i386.deb.

I extracted 2 more files: data.tar.gz and control.tar.gz. I'm not sure what to do next. I am completely new to the Linux scene, so any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

[redbook]

I doubt that binary is going to work, gutsy is an old ubuntu distro.

ubuntu hardy heron 8.04 has good webcam support though. if you want suse check the repositories via yast or hang on about 6 weeks for suse 11.0

[waterhead]

The best way to determine which driver you need, is to first find out the chips that the webcam is using. If it is a USB enter this and post the output.

lsusb

If it is built in, try this.

lspci -nn

Edit: The make and model of webcam can help too.

[cj1976]

The webcam is from a Korean company called I-com. They don't have any linux support at all on their website. This is the output from 'lsusb'

Bus 002 Device 009: ID 0c45:627b Microdia
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 1241:1111 Belkin Mouse
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 05af:3062 Jing-Mold Enterprise Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

The top line is my webcam.

[waterhead]

Did you copy everything exactly as it was outputted?

Here is a web site with many cameras listed. I looked for one matching your ID number. It would look like this on that site: 0x0c45 and 0x627b.
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html

There is nothing listed as I-com, but there is one entry for I-Cam. This is why I asked if you are sure that all of the info is correct.

It may have a SN9C201 "bridge", so those drivers won't work. There is a non-free driver that may work, it is called SN9Cxxx, but it looks like there are only drivers for Ubuntu
Linux Projects - Downloads

EDIT: It looks like it will cost $7 to get a non-trial version of the driver.
http://www.linux-projects.org/downlo...unlimited.html

Since this is non-free, it will never be included in a distro.

[waterhead]

Doh!

I had to re-read your first post, and you already have that driver! Well, at least you know more about it now.