Logitech quick cam not working

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#1

Hi,

I bought a logitech quick cam but I am not able to make it work on my suse 11.1
KDE 4.2.3. I searched the web but nothing seems to help me. Can anyone please
guide me in a step by step way on how can I get my web cam configured?

Things I did:

  1. Added web cam repo to Yast.
  2. Installed logitech quick cam repos.
  3. Installed libv41

Below is the o/p of lsubp, I do not know what to make of it.
$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:08af Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Easy/Cool
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Thanks,
Vivek

#2

HCL/Web Cameras - openSUSE

Linux UVC driver & tools

may help

#3

It’s a gspca-device

/lib/modules/2.6.27.21-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_zc3xx.ko
alias:          usb:v**046D**p**08AF**d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*

so read the comments on gspca and 11.1 in the linked articles.

#4

Thanks Caf and Akoellh,

I got my web cam rolling :). As I had already installed libv41, I had just to do “LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype”.

Thank you very much… :slight_smile: