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https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024323833

Just some ancient notes when using PCLinuxOS.

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Logitech QuickCam Express - Snap Button - Image Size Upto 640x480 -- detected and tested in Ekiga and works just fine.

2009-07-19 on under Unity Linux 0.99-alpha1 ∞

(Unity Linux)

It. Just. Works.

• Firefox, visiting YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/my_webcam will initially show video, but once I start recording it will screw up, and no video gets recorded.

• Cheese works perfectly.

under PCLinuxOS ∞

early 2009 - Second try ∞

PCLinuxOS 2007, updated early 2009.

Inspired by ^[ 1 ] http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=58&topic=52331.msg419835#msg419835 (dead, not archived)

Installed kernel-2.6.22.17.tex2, but it gave me:

While installing package kernel-2.6.22.17.tex2-1-1pclos2007:

Cannot find a boot loader installed
error: %post(kernel-2.6.22.17.tex2-1-1pclos2007.i686) scriptlet failed, exit status 255

running drakboot it gives me:

No module ohci_hcd found for kernel 2.6.22.17.tex2, aborting.
mkinitrd failed:
(mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-2.6.22.17.tex2.img --ifneeded 2.6.22.17.tex2)) at /usr/lib/libDrakX/bootloader.pm line 116.

• I checked, and this is true.
• I had to use Synaptic to uninstall the kernel I just added.

• Then run drakboot to finally be able to set things up.

  • I wonder if this will screw up my carefully-planned bootup (using XDM instead of kdm to use my custom Openbox setup)
• Then run synaptic and install the kernel again.

• Failed again. Complained with Cannot find a boot loader installed again. Sigh.

early 2009 - First Try ∞

PCLinuxOS 2007, updated early 2009.

Michel Xhaard mxhaard.free.fr is the old version!

Jean-Francois Moine moinejf.free.fr is for the new maintainer. gspca v2 supports my webcam, but only in kernel 2.6.29. I see that PCLinuxOS does not presently have that kernel version in its repository, so I'll wait.

Summary:

• SOLVED?: I was able to reach the new maintainer to learn that this webcam has been added last week to gspca v2 (http://moinejf.free.fr) for kernel 2.6.29. See https://web.archive.org/web/20081204160235/http://moinejf.free.fr/webcam.html and search for "089d". PCLinuxOS 2007 does not presently have that kernel version in its repository.

  • PCLinuxOS 2009-TR5 only has kernel 2.6.26.8.tex1 - ^[ 2 ] was http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=51130.0 (dead, not archived)
  • PCLinuxOS 2009-TR6 was delayed - ^[ 3 ] was http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=52344.0 (dead, not archived)
  • I have not yet pursued kernel building.
• I can get /dev/video* to appear and I can make camorama or wxcam display a video. camorama needs additional tweaking to get the colours right.

• starting up a webcam application takes a long time. CPU usage isn't particularly high when initializing or using the webcam.

  • YouTube's Quick Capture freezes for a good half a minute when starting up, when capturing and again when playing back.

• The fps is too low. It's supposed to be 30fps.

  • camorama reports a 10 fps image
  • wxcam reports a 7.4 fps image!

• I have no idea how to get audio working through the webcam. I haven't even started to research that!

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https://web.archive.org/web/20080404033725/http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=303330

lsusb | grep Logitech

Bus 003 Device 012: ID 046d:089d Logitech, Inc.

• Vendor ID = 046d

• Product ID = 089d

As of Jan 2009 http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html DOES NOT list this camera.

Check your kernel version with:

uname -r

2.6.18.8.tex5

Then download the appropriate source file from http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html. As of this writing there are two choices:

1. http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz for kernel up from 2.6.11 : gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz <- this is the one I can use, because my kernel version is 2.6.18

2. http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/spca5xx-v4l1goodbye.tar.gz for kernel below 2.6.11: spca5xx version 0.60.00-1: spca5xx-v4l1goodbye.tar.gz

Install the kernel headers for your version of linux. Again, check "uname -r". Then run "synaptic" and install that package. For me, I had kernel-headers-2.6.18.8.tex5 already installed. You may have a different kernel version.

basics:

su
cd /usr/src
wget mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz
tar -xvvzf gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz 
cd gspcav1-20071224
ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
modprobe -r gspca
mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/gspca.ko.gz /

hacking:

Instructions found here: http://www.actionshrimp.com/2008/08/logitech-quickcam-e2500-on-ubuntu-skype/

wget forums.quickcamteam.net/attachment.php?aid=86 -O patch.tar.gz
patch -p1 < quickcamE2500.diff
./gspca_build
rmmod gspca
modprobe -v gspca
a=`modprobe -l|grep gspca`
rmmod gspca
cp gspca.ko $a
modprobe gspca
ls /dev/video*

You ought to see the device appear!

I tested with camorama. It takes a while to start up, but it works! It's too dark, and the colours are wrong. Instructions found here: https://ubuntuforums.org/printthread.php?t=966932&pp=75

echo "options gspca autoexpo=0 force_rgb=1">>/etc/modprobe.d/options
modprobe -r gspca && modprobe gspca

note: with wxcam only the autoexpo=0 is needed:

echo "options gspca autoexpo=0">>/etc/modprobe.d/options
modprobe -r gspca && modprobe gspca
wxcam

getting YouTube Quick Capture to work

1. Firefox
2. tab 1, visit http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_quick_capture and wait 30 seconds for Firefox to unfreeze.
3. right-click on the video window and go to the settings.
4. visit the webcam tab, and left click on the icon of the webcam. Notice how your live image appears.
5. click outside of the flash area (a known old bug in Firefox)
6. control-t to make tab 2
7. in tab 2, visit http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_quick_capture and it'll work right away.
8. begin to record and sit through the huge freeze again.
9. record a bit
10. stop recording (no freeze)
11. click preview (no freeze)
12. publish
13. ????

14. profit!

Ancient PCLinuxOS notes ∞

Looks like it worked..

ndiswrapper -i /mnt/mnt/Drivers/x32/PRO5/lvPRO5c.inf
ndiswrapper -a 046d:089d lvpro5c

ndiswrapper -l now says that the device is present. So this is the right track?

NO! oops.. ndiswrapper is for wireless.

dunno if I can use this somehow:

ndiswrapper -a 046d:089d zd1211bu

doesn't really do what I want..

ndiswrapper -i /mnt/mnt/Drivers/x32/ELCH/lvcoinst.ini

Simple Video Viewer: http://moinejf.free.fr/svv.c

su
apt-get install dkms-qc-usb

Installation output:

While installing package dkms-qc-usb-0.6.6-1pclos2007:

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/qc-usb/0.6.6-1pclos2007/source ->
                 /usr/src/qc-usb-0.6.6-1pclos2007

DKMS: add Completed.

Running PCLinuxOS DKMS build routine. Please Wait....

Building module:
cleaning build area....
make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.18.8.tex5 -C /lib/modules/2.6.18.8.tex5/build M=/var/lib/dkms/qc-usb/0.6.6-1pclos2007/build.....
cleaning build area....

DKMS: build Completed.
Running module version sanity check.

quickcam.ko.gz:
 - Original module
   - Found /lib/modules/2.6.18.8.tex5/kernel/3rdparty/qc-usb//quickcam.ko.gz
   - Storing in /var/lib/dkms/qc-usb/original_module/2.6.18.8.tex5/i586/
   - Archiving for uninstallation purposes
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.18.8.tex5/kernel/3rdparty/qc-usb//

depmod....

DKMS: install Completed.

(doesn't work)

http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html -- compatibility list. Doesn't list my camera (089d)

It ought to work: ^[ 4 ] was http://www.pclinuxoshwdb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1013&Itemid=63#user_reviews (dead, not archived)

wxcam

Cannot open /dev/video0.
Please check if your system has the correct driver for your webcam, or change the webcam device in settings->preferences.

Things commands to know:

• ndiswrapper
• pcc > hardware ...
• lsmod ?

• lsusb

Bus 003 Device 008: ID 046d:089d Logitech, Inc.

udevinfo --query=all --name=/dev/video0 --attribute-walk

node name not found

Last updated 2021-05-20 at 21:43:28