Re: Logitech QuickCam Express

Oleg S. Vlasov adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear

to write:

> Hello
> is anyone know how to make Logitech QuickCam Express (USB) workable
at
> Suse 9.2 ?
>
>
> last couple of years I used to use Mandrake and there such cam works

> fine (configured by mandrake's replacement of Yast) with kernel
2.6.x
> (don't remember sub number just a mandrake's default)
> and with module ov511 Webcam works fine
>
>
> But on Suse 9.2 not
> module loaded(by hands ) but /dev/video0 unworkable (no such
device
> from any video software )
>
> so asking help about that
> I think need some aliases in udevd and I think could tune it from
> scratch. But just wanna know how to solve it in "Suse" way. Like be
if
> I dummy user saw Suse first time.
>
> Sorry for not good english
>
> Thanks for any help
> Oleg Vlasov

Have a look at Kevin Nathans reply to the post titled:

Re: how to change permissions on /dev/video0 permanently

This will change the way /dev/video0 is handled.

HTH

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baskitcaise wrote:
> Oleg S. Vlasov adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
underwear
> to write:
>
>
>>Hello
>>is anyone know how to make Logitech QuickCam Express (USB) workable
at
>>Suse 9.2 ?
>>
>>
>>last couple of years I used to use Mandrake and there such cam works

>>fine (configured by mandrake's replacement of Yast) with kernel
2.6.x
>>(don't remember sub number just a mandrake's default)
>>and with module ov511 Webcam works fine
>>
>>
>>But on Suse 9.2 not
>>module loaded(by hands ) but /dev/video0 unworkable (no such
device
>>from any video software )
>>
>>so asking help about that
>>I think need some aliases in udevd and I think could tune it from
>>scratch. But just wanna know how to solve it in "Suse" way. Like be
if
>>I dummy user saw Suse first time.
>>
>>Sorry for not good english
>>
>>Thanks for any help
>>Oleg Vlasov
>
>
> Have a look at Kevin Nathans reply to the post titled:
>
> Re: how to change permissions on /dev/video0 permanently
>
> This will change the way /dev/video0 is handled.
>
> HTH
>
Thanks for help about permissions
but problem not in permissions
webcam just don't work even module is loaded

"Oleg S. Vlasov" <allsys@sampo.ru> wrote in
news:1H82e.4849$LF2.2504@prv-
forum2.provo.novell.com:

> Thanks for help about permissions
> but problem not in permissions
> webcam just don't work even module is loaded

Try one of the drivers found here:
http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~tuukkat/quickcam/quickcam.html

HTH
Uwe

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