Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 -SUSE 11.2

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Hi all, I need some help.

I am trying to get a Logitech Webcam (not Quickcam) Pro 9000 to work with my SUSE 11.2 installation (specifically trying to get it to work with Skype 2.1). I am using the KDE environment.

I’ve been reading the many posts and seem to be getting the point that I need to install the UVC driver from the webcam driver repo. However, the link I found to the repo seems to be for SUSE 11.1…?

Anyway, here is what I have done so far:

I ran the following commands and got the following output:

localhost:~ #** lsusb**
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:0809 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 002 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 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

localhost:~ # rpm -qa | grep uvc
luvcview-20070512-4.3.i586

localhost:~ # uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.31.14-0.4-default #1 SMP 2010-10-25 08:45:30 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

I checked the website (Linux UVC driver & tools) and confirmed that my webcam (ID 046d.0809) is supported.

Using YaST, I added the repo (Index of /repositories/drivers:/webcam/openSUSE_11.1) and tried to install the uvcvideo-kmp-default driver. The system returned with the following message:

nothing provides kernel(default:kernel_time) = 737dc055885b5e6f needed by uvcvideo-kmp-default-r260_2.6.27.7_9.1-1.2.i586

] break uvcvideo-kmp-default by ignoring some of its dependencies

] do not install uvcvideo-kmp-default-r260_2.6.27.7_9.1-1.2.i586

I also looked at the 11.2 version of the repo (Index of /repositories/drivers:/webcam/openSUSE_11.2) but did not find a UCV driver there.

I am not sure what to do next… I’m trying to avoid making a huge mess of my system.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!!

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I’m trying to avoid making a huge mess of my system.

Good. Then do not install anything from a 11.1 repo.

What happens when you just attach the camera and then (on the command line) do:

luvcview -l

Note: -l is the small letter ‘L’. What happens?

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Hello

Have you tried using a different webcam app? If not you could try WXCam, Kopete etc. Some drivers are shipped with the kernel so perhaps you don’t need to install any manually.

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SDB:Skype - openSUSE

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Thanks for your reply.

I tried the “luvcview -l” command and that launched the program and initiated the camera. Basically the video came on. After that, I restarted Skype, went to the option menu and found that automagically Skype now fully recognized the camera.

It seems my problem is solved. Both the webcam USB video and audio now seem to work perfectly well with Skype 2.1

Thanks for your help. Saved me from making the big mistake of trying to install a SUSE 11.1 based driver.