I've asked about this on several forums, #debian at freenode, and, I
believe, on this list, but have still not found a successful resolution.
I have a Logitech Quickcam Chat.
It worked out of the box in PCLinuxOS, but I can't get it to work with
Debian (had issues with a previous Ubuntu install, too).
It is listed in lsusb without issue.
I've loaded and m-a and modprobed gspca, qc-usb, quickcam, sacrificed my
two best goats, and done the rain dance (thundering already), tried the
backport 2.6.29 kernel, and run around the hills of Rome 7 times, but no
joy.
There was no /dev/video0, which seems to be an issue.
I read something about mknod, but not sure if this is a potential
solution, or how to use it (read the man, even). I'm a bit confused
about that.
Nonetheless, I did mknod c /dev/video0 81 0, chmod 666 /dev/video0, and
ln -s /dev/video0 /dev/video, etc., etc., but still get the error no
device /dev/video0 from camorama, etc.
Running MAKEDEV quits with errors, .udevdb or .udev presence implies
active udev. Aborting MAKEDEV invocation.
Oddly, Xsane sees the camera and can get a fuzzy image from it.
Skype, ekiga, kopete, cheese, camorama, and your mother's dog all are
unable to use the camera.
Some give errors, some don't.
If nobody has this working or can assist,
can someone make a definitive recommendation for a camera that does
work, preferably without having to repeat my herculean efforts to date
trying to get this $20.00 camera working?
It just might be worth the $20 to buy a different cam and save myself
further headaches.
thanks
tony
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