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Re: How to set up Logitech Quickcam Chat in Debian Testing



Magnus Pedersen wrote:

> David Dawson wrote:
>> I'm running Debian Testing and trying to set up a Logitech Quickcam Chat.
>> it supposedly uses the spca5xx driver and is alleged to work.
>> I have installed the driver with module-assistant.
>> 
>> I have noticed that suddenly, the /dev/video* devices are not present
>> (they exist only in /dev/.static/dev/)
>> 
>> I might have messed up that somehow (I worked at it rather late at night)
>> or maybe there's a foo-foo in the system.
>> I am running the  2.6.18-3-k7 kernel on my K7S5A Pro/Athlon 1800+ system.
>> And have updated/upgraded to current Debian Testing.
>> 
>> Any webcam app I run (root or not) complains about no /dev/video0
>> or /dev/video (as the case may be) and symlinking the video* devices
>> in .static/dev to /dev/ won't work
>> 
>> lsusb shows the device is detected and this is the output:
>> Bus 004 Device 004: ID 046d:092e Logitech, Inc.
>> 
>> Any help is appreciated.
>>  
Thanks! ...
> What does dmesg give your right after:
> 
> - you plug in the device?
This:
usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 
usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice


> - you modprobe the module?
This:
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
usbcore: registered new driver spca5xx
/usr/src/modules/spca5xx/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: spca5xx driver 00.60.00
registered
> 
> /Magnus
> 
> 

-- 
If you wrestle in the mud with a pig.
you both get dirty, and the pig likes it.

-- Dave Dawson



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