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Subject: 
Re: WebCam & Linux
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:04:02 GMT
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Thank you for your response, Jürgen!

In lugnet.robotics, Juergen Stuber writes:
> "Da Byte" <dabyte@hotmail.com> writes:
> > Unfortunately I haven't yet been successful in installing
> > the right kind of driver to use my Logitec Quickcam
> > Express (little ball, the old type) or my Lego cam under
> > Red Hat Linux 7.1 (up2date ;) ).  I have tried both the
> > Quickcam-tt-09-09-2002 and the Quickcam-vc-1.0.5 drivers.
> 
> For me the quickcam-tt-2002-09-09 and qce-ga-0.40c drivers
> work with the Lego camera and xawtv under Linux 2.4.19.
> Without dirty tricks, I just followed the README.

I believe I also have Linux kernel version 2.4.19 (# kernelversion => 2.4),
and I tried to use both xawtv and quickcam-tt's testquickcam app. Both
responded with that they were unable to open 'video0' (or videodev).

> > P.S.: ask me any questions when necessary for solving this issue.
> 
> You should tell us a bit more what you have tried to do
> (see http://www.tuxedo.org/~Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html).

I am trying to move all WebCam server activities to my Linux PC. Which
ideally includes the RCX webcontrol (like WebRCX and WebBrick).

(interesting url! I should read it thouroughly once ;) )

> What application did you try to run?

As mentioned above: xawtv 3.76 and testquickcam (qce-ga-0.40c).
At the moment I am experiencing the problem, that xawtv can't locate the
file libXv.so.1, a file that definetely is present in /usr/X11R6/lib.

> Do you have the videodev driver?

The videodev driver is the video4linux (v4l) driver, which is present in
recent linux kernel's, right? Then the answer is: Yes I have it...

A lsmod gives me (after insmod-ing the mod_quickcam (quickcam-tt) driver):
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
mod_quickcam           64480   0  (unused)
videodev                5088   0  [mod_quickcam]
ide-cd                 27296   0  (autoclean)
cdrom                  28608   0  (autoclean) [ide-cd]
ad1816                  9632   0  (autoclean)
sound                  59724   0  (autoclean) [ad1816]
soundcore               4388   4  (autoclean) [sound]
autofs                 11396   1  (autoclean)
3c59x                  26152   1  (autoclean)
ipchains               38952   0
usb-uhci               21764   0  (unused)
usbcore                51712   1  [mod_quickcam usb-uhci]
(N.B. this is also the status after plugging in the camera)

> Anything interesting in your system log?

The systemlog (/var/log/messages) doesn't mention anything special about
video or usb devices. (By the way: I do not load the QC drivers at startup).

I am rather new to Linux still, but books and the internet help ;)


Thank you in advance!
Remko



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  Re: WebCam & Linux
 
(...) For me the quickcam-tt-2002-09-09 and qce-ga-0.40c drivers work with the Lego camera and xawtv under Linux 2.4.19. Without dirty tricks, I just followed the README. (...) You should tell us a bit more what you have tried to do (see (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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