James Youngman wrote : > I looked for software to support the LogiTech QuckCam S7500 (a newish > USB web camera) in Lenny. Plenty of stuff appeared to be relevant, > but nothing actually seemed to work (for example, one piece of > software turned out to be for parallel port driven cameras). With > the popularity of Logitech hardware and the sheer number of Debian > packages, I feel reasonably certain that I've missed the obvious > answer. > > Does anybody else have it working? What packages did you require? > Just how did you configure them? I've tried (or at least installed) > the following packages: > > +gqcam 0.9.1-4 > +luvcview 1:0.2.4-2 > +ekiga-dbg 2.0.12-1+nmu1 > +libexosip2-4 3.1.0-1 > +liblinphone2 2.1.1-1+b1 > +libmediastreamer0 2.1.1-1+b1 > +libortp7 2.1.1-1+b1 > +libosip2-3deb 3.1.0-1 > +linphone 2.1.1-1+b1 > +linphone-common 2.1.1-1 > +linphone-nox 2.1.1-1+b1 > +sip-tester 2.0.1-1.2 > > I can see the webcam in the output of lsusb, but no /dev/video node > appears (and nothing in /sys/...), so I conclude that it's probably > the kernel-level support which is missing, though I am not sure how to > distinguish that from a HAL problem in this case. > > James. > >
Hi, what you're looking at are programs, what you are looking for is a driver (kernel module). If in the output of lsusb the usb ID is 046d:09a2 there's a good chance that the webcam is supported through the uvcvideo driver. The uvcvideo module is included in kernels newer than 2.6.26, so Lenny should qualify, but maybe the version is a bit outdated for a newer models. Make sure it's loaded with: lsmod | grep uvc If not, modprobe it in. Then you can try luvcview to test the camera, or ekiga, or amsn, or cheese, or the excellent guvcview, they all support uvcvideo compatible webcams (Skype too). If the module is loaded, and you don't have an output with luvcview or guvcview, you probably need a newer version, which means either a newer kernel, or a compiled uvcvideo from sources. Code is there: http://linuxtv.org/hg/~pinchartl/uvcvideo/ To grap the code you need mercurial, then (make sure uvcvideo is no longer loaded): mkdir ~/compiluvc cd ~/compiluvc hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/~pinchartl/uvcvideo/ cd uvcvideo make all sudo make install sudo modprobe uvcvideo Have a look at the "read me" of course. The "make install" will overwrite any existing module, so backup it. Hope it helps, Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
