Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 + RH9

[netx2]

Is anyone successfully using this webcam on RH9? I am attempting to use it with the webcam program w/ xawtv. I have not been able to get it to work.

I would appreciate any help?

[o0zi]

After some Googling, I found this:
http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/

It's for Phillips USB webcams but some Logitech ones are also supported.

[netx2]

Let me refine this a bit. I too found that page, and the author was hoping that the driver would be included in kernel 2.4.21. Were these changes actually incorporated?

I noticed that Mandrake 9.1 uses this kernel, but I do not currently have this distro downloaded to try.

[mdwatts]

Do you happen to know which modules/drivers the Quickcam requires and are they loaded?

lsmod (list loaded modules)

Does the JL Help File on Logitech Quickcam's help? It's likely a bit outdated though it may give you a few ideas on what to try.

http://www.linux-usb.org/ may have documentation on Quickcams to help.

[netx2]

Ah, time for an update it is....

I have this camera working, and even the way I want it to. Relunctly, I am using Mandrake 9.1. The driver for this cam is included in 2.4.21. I edited my /etc/modules.conf by adding this:

# WEBCAM
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 pwc
options pwc size=vga leds=150,850 fps=5 mbufs=2 compression=0 power_save=1
post-install pwc /sbin/insmod -f
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/pwcx-gcc32.o >/dev/null 2>&1||:


Next I placed pwcx-gcc32.o in /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/ (as referenced in the lines added to the modules.conf file). This file can be downloaded this page: http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/release.html .


Then I rebooted, and it loaded it. After compiling xawtv (had to install the libjpeg devel pkg), the webcam application works perfectly, capturing pics.

Thanks for the input guys.

[mdwatts]

Well done netx2 as that is good to know.

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