Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

[Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>]

On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 05:53:59PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> > On Fri August 8 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > wow. that looks kind of like there might be a problem in the
> > > driver. If you can't cat from the video device, then there's something
> > > seriously wrong. I highly recommend you check out the gspca drivers
> > > instead of the spca5xx-source packages. I have used the gspca drivers
> > > without difficulty, though there was no sound implemented for my
> > > particular camera. ymmv.
> > >
> > > there is both a gspca-source and gspca-modules-... packages. IIRC, the
> > > spca5xx is being replaced upstream...
> >
> > but I already have gspca, but no modules..
> >
> > ~$ dpkg --list |grep spca
> > ii  gspca                                                   20080524-1
> > Package created with checkinstall 1.6.1
> > ii  gspca-source                                            01.00.20-1
> > source for the gspca v4l kernel module
>
> I'm sorry, I thought I remembered someone saying they were using
> spca5xx.
>
> hmmm... I'm no real help then. It looks like you've installed from
> upstream though, perhaps? Maybe try the debian gspca-modules packages
> and see what that gets you.
>
> That's all I've got.


Mesa the one who has spca5xx installed (spca? Sounds like the society 
for the prevention of cruelty to aminals :) ).

I have posted a query on the Logitech forum about it (see 
http://forums.quickcamteam.net/ ).



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