Webcam: Logitech QuickCam Communicate Deluxe

Maurice Batey

Got the above webcam for Xmas. Works beautifully under Windows
XP, but - naturally - would like to use it under Linux.

Plugged camera in (USB) - no apparent reaction from Mandriva
2008.0.

Installed gqcam (0.9.1). Dead as doornail.

Anyone had any luck with such webcams under Linux?

(Have installed the latest version of Linux Skype (2.0.0.27).)

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Bit Twister

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:45:13 +0000, Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:42:23 -0500, David W. Hodgins wrote:
>
>> /usr/sbin/lsusb -v
>
> Problem with that is that it produces pages of output, such
> that scrollimg back to the top doesn't go far enough, i.e. I
> can't see the start of the output!


/usr/sbin/lsusb -v | less
/usr/sbin/lsusb -v > lsusb.log
less lsusb.log


> Haven't come across this before. How does one avoid losing the
> early lines of output?

My solution because I use xterm for my terminals

xterm*saveLines: 4096
in ~/.Xresources
and/or ~/.Xdefaults

Maurice Batey

On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:42:23 -0500, David W. Hodgins wrote:

> /usr/sbin/lsusb -v

Problem with that is that it produces pages of output, such
that scrollimg back to the top doesn't go far enough, i.e. I
can't see the start of the output!

Haven't come across this before. How does one avoid losing the
early lines of output?

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Maurice Batey

On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:42:23 -0500, David W. Hodgins wrote:

> /usr/sbin/lsusb -v

Problem with that is that it produces pages of output, such
that scrollimg back to the top doesn't go far enough, i.e. I
can't see the start of the output!

Haven't come across this before. How does one avoid losing the
early lines of output?

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Maurice Batey

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:01:48 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:

> usr/sbin/lsusb -v | less

Ah, yes - thanks. That gave:
-------------------------------------------------
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 046d:0992 Logitech, Inc.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 239 Miscellaneous Device
bDeviceSubClass 2 ?
bDeviceProtocol 1 Interface Association
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x046d Logitech, Inc.
idProduct 0x0992
------------------------------------------------etc...

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carl wagner

On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:05:52 +0000, Maurice Batey wrote:

> Got the above webcam for Xmas. Works beautifully under Windows XP, but -
> naturally - would like to use it under Linux.
>
> Plugged camera in (USB) - no apparent reaction from Mandriva 2008.0.
>
> Installed gqcam (0.9.1). Dead as doornail.
>
> Anyone had any luck with such webcams under Linux?
>
> (Have installed the latest version of Linux Skype (2.0.0.27).)
>

Had you tried loading spca drivers?

Jim Beard

Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:42:23 -0500, David W. Hodgins wrote:
>
>> /usr/sbin/lsusb -v
>
> Problem with that is that it produces pages of output, such
> that scrollimg back to the top doesn't go far enough, i.e. I
> can't see the start of the output!
>
> Haven't come across this before. How does one avoid losing the
> early lines of output?
>
To capture all stuff sent to the console, including
error messages:

command -options 2>$1 > junk

That put standard error into the same place
as standard output and puts both into file junk
in the current directory.

Cheers!

jim b.

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Maurice Batey

On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:26:33 +0000, carl wagner wrote:

> Had you tried loading spca drivers?

The only MCC ref. I could find is:

"dkms-gspcav1 - DKMS-ready driver for spca5xx webcams​"

Is that the one?
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Maurice Batey

On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:50:19 +0000, carl wagner wrote:

> make sure the kernal-source verison matches your
> your kernal verison.

The gspca version is "1.00.18-3mdv2008.0"

I'm using "kernel 2.6.22.12-desktop-1mdv"

How does one find the gspca kernel version?

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Maurice Batey

On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:50:19 +0000, carl wagner wrote:

> make sure the kernal-source verison matches your
> your kernal verison.

The gspca version is "1.00.18-3mdv2008.0"

I'm using "kernel 2.6.22.12-desktop-1mdv"

How does one find the gspca kernel version?

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