On Wednesday 23 May 2007, Bob Goodwin - W2BOD wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Wednesday 23 May 2007, Bob Goodwin - W2BOD wrote: > >> and then I see the following in lsmod: > >> > >> lsmod > >> > >> Module Size Used by > >> gspca 643792 0 > >> videodev 29633 1 gspca > >> v4l2_common 26945 1 videodev > >> v4l1_compat 16581 1 videodev > >> radeon 116065 2 > >> drm 78421 3 radeon > >> ----------- snip ------------------- > >> > >> I still don't see a /dev/video but this appears to be a step forward > >> anyway. > > > > It is. Once your webcam is recognised the v4l packages will create > > video0. I do wonder, though, whether you are trying to load the correct > > driver. I say this because it's far from unknown for a model to change > > chipset part way through its life. Have you tried a fair bit of > > googling, to see if others are using the gspcav driver and/or another > > one? > > > > Anne > > Sane finds it: > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x046d, product=0x0870 [Camera]) at > libusb:002:004 > > as does lsusb: > > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c408 Logitech, Inc. Marble Mouse (4-button) > Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:0870 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express > > It appears to be the most common Logitech camera available in Walmart, etc. > > When I've investigated in the past it always seems to come back to the > gspcav driver? > > It will work on this computer if I boot XP, something that never happens > but I know the hardware works. It's mostly an annoyance, I have it and it > should work. I keep thinking well maybe with the next version of Fedora > but it hasn't happened. > > I believe this is the camera and if I understand this list he says this is > the driver? Do I have to also install spca561a? This stuff is not very > clear. > > http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html > > Logitech > 54 > 0x046d > 0x0928 > QC Express Elch2 > ? > spca561a > embedded PB100 > I did a bit of googling, and came up with no alternative drivers, so it probably is right. Browse around the mxhaard site - there's a lot of info there. If you can't solve it, I believe there is a contact email address on the site. Anne
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