Logitech Quickcam Express (USB) Problem...Contd

[Austin Isler]

Murali Parth wrote:

>--- "Brandon W. Saxe" <brandon20va at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>Your webcam probably isn't at the default
>>/dev/video0.
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>It isn't there 
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>>Try 
>>$v4l-info /dev/video0
>>to see what's at /dev/video0 
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>  It shows driver: bttv, 
>  card:BT878Video (LeadtekWinfast 20), 
>  bus_info: PCI:0000:00:06.0
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>>$v4l-info /dev/video1
>>to see what's at /dev/video1
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>  "open /dev/video1 :No such device "
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>>You can keep querying /dev/video devices until you
>>get the right one for your quickcam.
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>   I queried v4l-info /dev/video*, but the qiockcam is
>     
>   NOT there. 
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>>Make sure that the usb device was found as well.
>>usbtree can be used, I think. You can also browse
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>/proc/bus/usb to see if it's there. dmesg is your
>friend as well as /var/log/messages.
>  I browsed /proc/bus/usb and found "Total 0" there.
>  Further I queried : 
> " $ cat /var/log/messages |grep video & the result
>is:
>  drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usbfs
>  drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hub
> drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver
>quickcam       
> spca50x: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel
> tainted.
>spca50x: no version magic, tainting kernel.
>drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver spca50x
>/opt/spca532-25052004/drivers/usb/spca50x.c: spca5xx
>driver 0.50 registered. "
> 
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>>once you found your webcam's /dev/video? location,
>>you can probably override the v4l device that's used
>>    
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>by gnomemeeting or GIMP.
>    I did : $ v4l-conf /dev/video1 & got :
>            v4l-conf: using X11 display :0.0
>            dga: version 2.0
>           mode: 800x600, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=3200, 
>    
>           base=0xd7000000
>          /dev/video0 [v4l2]: configuration done . 
>  
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>>For example, using xawtv, I have to do
>>$xawtv -c /dev/video1
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>  I tried this and only TV display was there.
>   Then # lsmod showed these modules :
>Module                  Size  Used by
>spca50x               140832  0
>quickcam               60596  0
>usbcore               108468  2 spca50x,quickcam
>tuner                  17428  0
>bttv                  148972  0
>video_buf              22020  1 bttv
>i2c_algo_bit            9224  1 bttv
>v4l2_common             6656  1 bttv
>btcx_risc               5128  1 bttv
>i2c_core               22020  3
>tuner,bttv,i2c_algo_bit
>videodev                9728  3 spca50x,quickcam,bttv
>  I am confused with these messages.Any clues with  
>these inputs, please.
>Murali
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Did you use the drivers from http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/ I have never 
had any trouble with those. I apologize I missed your original post.

Austin