Logitech Quickcam on Slackware 12.2
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From: Tuxedo on 6 Jan 2010 14:40 I have a USB cam (type 'Logitech QuickCam Notebook Pro' or possible 'QuickCam Deluxe' or something likewise). Nothing is written on it except 'Logitech' and it's pretty old. Possibly it is the same type as mentioned here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linuxquestions.org-member-success-stories-23/logitech-quickcam-notebook-pro-359294/ The above link is also old so the info may be obsolete now, but there's a mention about two parts of the driver, PWC and PWCX, one of them being closed source and the other not. Maybe this still applies and is why the cam doesn't work out of the box. To test, I installed camstream: http://www.slacky.eu/aadm/pkgs/index.php?ver=6&pkg=314 Slackware detects the USB attachment of course and the camstream application acknowledges that it's a USB camera which is plugged in, but does not produce a video stream. The on-state LED on the camera does not light up either. These are the actual camstream errors: W: VDLinux::run() VIDIOCMCAPTURE failed (Invalid argument) W: run(): VIDIOCSYNC(1) failed (Invalid argument) Perhaps it's a case of a missing proprietary driver? In any case, I guess there's more than one way to make a Logitech cam run on Slackware. Video4Linux exists of course and it's manual suggest to load a relevant driver as a module through xorg.conf. Is there a specific or generic all-in-one driver anyone can recommend, or perhaps any other existing Slackware built-in procedure to run a pretty simple Logitech type cam? Thanks, Tuxedo
From: Mussemouse on 7 Jan 2010 09:27 Tuxedo wrote: > I have a USB cam (type 'Logitech QuickCam Notebook Pro' or > possible 'QuickCam Deluxe' or something likewise). Nothing is written on it > except 'Logitech' and it's pretty old. Possibly it is the same type as > mentioned here: > To test, I installed camstream: > http://www.slacky.eu/aadm/pkgs/index.php?ver=6&pkg=314 > > Thanks, > Tuxedo > Hi! I have I guess a similar web-cam. It works 'out of the box' After I upgraded to a newer kernel. 2.6.28.x can't remember which exactly. Just male sure when compiling that you activate all available web-cam versions.. Just In Case (TM) //Micke
From: Tuxedo on 7 Jan 2010 16:41 Mussemouse wrote: [...] > I have I guess a similar web-cam. It works 'out of the box' After I > upgraded to a newer kernel. 2.6.28.x can't remember which exactly. Just > male sure when compiling that you activate all available web-cam > versions.. Just In Case (TM) It is definitely not just the kernel version because I tested with both Slackware 12.2 (kernel 2.6.27.7-smp) and 13.0 (kernel 2.6.29.6-smp) and the exact same error occurred on both systems in that the camera is recognised but no video source is shown except for some random color noise. Both Slackware systems are newly installed with the all packages install option. It appears to be a driver error, or a missing driver. I found a driver named Quick Cam USB or QuickCam Express, but it does not install on Slackware 12.2. The driver appears to still be in alpha and have been abandoned. Last version is qc-usb-0.6.6.tar.gz (2006-11-04). http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/qce-ga/files/ I couldn't find any third-party Slackware pre-compilation for this driver either. Maybe I just need to buy a different and a newer notebook cam. Tuxedo
From: microsys on 7 Jan 2010 19:06 Tuxedo wrote: > I have a USB cam (type 'Logitech QuickCam Notebook Pro' or > possible 'QuickCam Deluxe' or something likewise). Nothing is written on it > except 'Logitech' and it's pretty old. Possibly it is the same type as > mentioned here: > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linuxquestions.org-member-success-stories-23/logitech-quickcam-notebook-pro-359294/ > > The above link is also old so the info may be obsolete now, but there's a > mention about two parts of the driver, PWC and PWCX, one of them being > closed source and the other not. Maybe this still applies and is why the > cam doesn't work out of the box. > > To test, I installed camstream: > http://www.slacky.eu/aadm/pkgs/index.php?ver=6&pkg=314 > > Slackware detects the USB attachment of course and the camstream application > acknowledges that it's a USB camera which is plugged in, but does not > produce a video stream. The on-state LED on the camera does not light up > either. These are the actual camstream errors: > W: VDLinux::run() VIDIOCMCAPTURE failed (Invalid argument) > W: run(): VIDIOCSYNC(1) failed (Invalid argument) > > Perhaps it's a case of a missing proprietary driver? In any case, I guess > there's more than one way to make a Logitech cam run on Slackware. > Video4Linux exists of course and it's manual suggest to load a relevant > driver as a module through xorg.conf. Is there a specific or generic > all-in-one driver anyone can recommend, or perhaps any other existing > Slackware built-in procedure to run a pretty simple Logitech type cam? > > Thanks, > Tuxedo > It's been awhile since I set this cam up however this may be of some help to you. For Slack-12.2 these packages are available at SBO.. CImg-1.2.9 mjpegtools-1.9.0 wxGTK-2.8.9 wxcam-1.0.3 xvidcore-1.2.1 I should note the cam I have does use the Zoom function and the drivers I am using do not support the Zoom function. That being said, the cam works quite well. I never did bother to see if the Zoom could be made to work. Here is the dmesg reporting when the cam gets plugged in. You will note the Manufacturer selected is Phillips. They make the chip for Logitech which I suspect is causing you some problems when looking for a solution. dmesg reports usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08b4 usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0 Linux video capture interface: v2.00 pwc: Philips webcam module version 10.0.13 loaded. pwc: Supports Philips PCA645/646, PCVC675/680/690, PCVC720[40]/730/740/750 & PCVC830/840. pwc: Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30, pwc: the Creative WebCam 5 & Pro Ex, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100. pwc: Logitech QuickCam Zoom (new model) USB webcam detected. pwc: Registered as /dev/video0. usbcore: registered new interface driver Philips webcam usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
From: Jim Diamond on 7 Jan 2010 20:22
On 2010-01-07 at 17:41 AST, Tuxedo <tuxedo(a)mailinator.com> wrote: > Mussemouse wrote: > > [...] > >> I have I guess a similar web-cam. It works 'out of the box' After I >> upgraded to a newer kernel. 2.6.28.x can't remember which exactly. Just >> male sure when compiling that you activate all available web-cam >> versions.. Just In Case (TM) > > It is definitely not just the kernel version because I tested with both > Slackware 12.2 (kernel 2.6.27.7-smp) and 13.0 (kernel 2.6.29.6-smp) and the > exact same error occurred on both systems in that the camera is recognised > but no video source is shown except for some random color noise. Both > Slackware systems are newly installed with the all packages install option. > > It appears to be a driver error, or a missing driver. I found a driver > named Quick Cam USB or QuickCam Express, but it does not install on > Slackware 12.2. The driver appears to still be in alpha and have been > abandoned. Last version is qc-usb-0.6.6.tar.gz (2006-11-04). > http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/ > http://sourceforge.net/projects/qce-ga/files/ > > I couldn't find any third-party Slackware pre-compilation for this driver > either. Maybe I just need to buy a different and a newer notebook cam. Logitech has the annoying habit of naming a lot of different webcams with very similar names. Your guess at the name in your original message is (consequently) practically worthless. If you want to get some help on this, the first thing you should do is run lsusb with the web cam plugged in at look for the line like Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:08b1 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Notebook Pro The USB ID is the important info, in this case 046d:08b1. That camera, as well as Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:0991 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro for Notebooks both work perfectly under Slackware 12.2 and 13.0. If you have one of those, you must have screwed something up somewhere. Possibly the hardware itself :-( (I can't recall whether you said it (still) works under another OS or not.) Given the USB ID, try doing a web search using that ID and the word "Linux" and you might find a web page telling about whether that particular web cam works under Linux or not. Cheers. Jim |