Logitech ClickSmart 510 won't mount

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 13 February 2005 07:37, Paul M. Bucalo wrote:
>I have a Logitech ClickSmart 510 USB camera that will not mount on
>FC3/SELinux/udev. My Handspring Visor and Espon CX-5400 printer work
>fine.
>
>When I plug it in or let the laptop bootup with it attached, the
> green active light on the camera (and indication that a link has
> been made with it) does come on moments after found. A cat
>of /proc/bus/usb/devices shows that the camera is being found. This
>camera is *not* supported in xcam or gphoto2. It will only work in
>GnomeMeeting as a webcam using the experimental spca5xx driver.
>
>I've tried to mount it manually. There is a device node (video0) and
>symlink (video) in /dev, but I can't seem to mount to either. Not
> sure that I have the syntax right. Still, the mystical udev is
> suppose to make this a hands-off mount.
>
>Information on this camera is sparse. Search results were pretty
> bare.

Search for spca5xx, the driver.  It is not part of the distribution.
The driver is in a perpetual state of beta, being supported by a 
Michel XHaard IIRC.  Last release was last week.

>I need the wewbcam ability, so the camera is already a success. But,
> it would be better if I could mount it as a storage device and copy
> off the pics, too. I really don't need to have GUI access to the
> camera's memory device.
>
>Any ideas on what I have to tweak or do to get this thing mounted?
>
>TIA,
>
>Paul

-- 
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
99.33% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message
by Gene Heskett are:
Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.