Logitech Quickcam Chat (and Others) In Opensuse 10.2 And 10.3(?)

(4) Reboot (once again, not even sure this is necessary). The webcam should theoretically be working now. Test it with vlc or even Kopete.

In my case I just installed
gspcav-kmp bgsmp
gspcav-kmp default
uvcvideo-kmp-bgsmp
uvcvideo-kmp default
and webcam work

I added also the
quickcam-kmp bgsmp
quickcam-kmp default later but even without this the logitech webcam works.

I can't even find uvcvideo in my package manager, and I had a LOT of repositories installed.

In my case I would have had to install the http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/...pdate_standard/ repo, which is overkill if I can just install them manually (its annoying to add a repo and have unnecessary stuff in my package manger slowing down the cache refresh)

Both approaches work, just pick one really. My method is just barebones and works with all kernels categorically. Definitley useful for when an new kernel is released and convenient RPM's are not available.

Thanks foe the tip, though - if someone wants to install the necessary repositories and install that way, then we have even more ways of getting a web cam to work.

I can't even find uvcvideo in my package manager, and I had a LOT of repositories installed.

In my case I would have had to install the http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/...pdate_standard/ repo, which is overkill if I can just install them manually (its annoying to add a repo and have unnecessary stuff in my package manger slowing down the cache refresh)

Both approaches work, just pick one really. My method is just barebones and works with all kernels categorically. Definitley useful for when an new kernel is released and convenient RPM's are not available.

Thanks foe the tip, though - if someone wants to install the necessary repositories and install that way, then we have even more ways of getting a web cam to work.
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http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/...m/openSUSE_10.3
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/...E:10.3/standard
You can add this thru yast-software-community repositories

In my case I just installed
gspcav-kmp bgsmp
gspcav-kmp default
uvcvideo-kmp-bgsmp
uvcvideo-kmp default
and webcam work

I added also the
quickcam-kmp bgsmp
quickcam-kmp default later but even without this the logitech webcam works.
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Hi, I have installed *bgsmp modules trying to get web cam working, but I cannot even boot into the system now :

request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c

How can I uninstall those modules now <_< ?

Thanks for any ideas

[edit] openSuSe 10.3 64 bit[/edit]
[edit2] I tried repair installed system from installation DVD, but this option just restarts my computer.
Is it possible to do sth from the rescue mode? [/edit]

Hi, I have installed *bgsmp modules trying to get web cam working, but I cannot even boot into the system now :

request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c

How can I uninstall those modules now <_< ?

Thanks for any ideas

[edit] openSuSe 10.3 64 bit[/edit]
[edit2] I tried repair installed system from installation DVD, but this option just restarts my computer.
Is it possible to do sth from the rescue mode? [/edit]
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Apparently you installed a module that isn't compatible with your running kernel. From what I read on Google, you can try repairing your bootloader/MBR with the install CD. If that fails, you're in a big mess.
You also might need to probe all modules (modprobe[/b)] before the harddisk setup scripts are called, from the recovery console or something.

You can also try typing in "yast2" from a recovery console and unininstalling that module from there of course.

http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-fai@rrz....e/msg03879.html

Is your CPU an AMD 64?

I found a thread that"s dealing with the same error-message
(http://sysadminforum.com/showthread....2&page=1&pp=10 - in
german), there the problem was using a 32bit-Kernel with an
64bit-Installation (especially the modprobe binary).

I don"t have any experiences with 64er therefore i can only suggest to
make sure the 32bit version of Sarge is installed...

Hi, I've run Update from intallation DVD just to delete those newly installed *bgsmp modules.

System is running again.

Thanks a lot for support,
H99

In my case, I just installed the uvcvideo package for my QC-9000 camera. It was on my 10.3 distro DVD and seems to be in the OSS package repo. Everything worked "out of the box", without rebooting even. But then again, I don't mess around with upgrading my kernel.

AFAIK, you don't need to install the 'bigsmp' versions if your kernel is 'default' and vice-versa. 'bigsmp' is just if you have 4gb of RAM or more. It's unfortunate that this isn't more clear in most places.

It also isn't very clear, even on the wiki, what all the various USB camera bits there are and *why* you would need them. The latter is most important, because of the narrow focus of most of these USB modules, which support a limited range of cameras and kernels. I *think* the uvcvideo packages are trying to be more inclusive, but they only support V4L2, not V4L1 an earlier spec and thus might not work with some software.

I need to investigate this more and write something up. Esp. as I'm supposed to be writing a video capture app for Linux...