On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:02:00 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 06:48:36PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 20:09:37 +0000 > > ArameFarpado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Celejar wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any experience with or advice about using the "Creative > > > > Live! Cam Video IM Pro" on linux? The vendor / device id is 041e:4055. > > > > This fellow [0] seems to think it can't be done. Is that indeed the > > > > case? > > > > > > > > Celejar > > > > > > > > [0] http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=3970 > > > > > > > > > > http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html > > > > I tried both spca5xx and gspca from the official repo. Both loaded fine but > > neither picked up the camera, which I assume means that it (they) is the > > wrong driver. The camera model is also not listed here [0]. Do you know for > > a fact that gspca works for this model? Will the source tarball from your > > link be any more effective? > > FWIW, I recently downloaded and installed the tarball and its > definitely got support for more cameras. To make installing easy, I > downloaded gspca-source from debian and unpacked it. Then I replaced > copied over from the upstream tarball every file that matched the > debian source. Finally, I used module-assistant to build and install > it. this was easy, worked just fine and I see no issues. > > hth > > A Thanks - I tried your suggestion but couldn't get it to work properly; I must have been doing something wrong. I bit the bullet and installed the kernel sources and built the module straight from the source tarball, which worked fine, but I still don't see a message that the driver is picking up the camera (and no /dev/video* devices). I guess this means I'm out of luck? Celejar -- ssuds.sourceforge.net - Home of Ssuds and Ssudg, a Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
