I tried to install driver for my webcam, and no success, any one can help or issue instruction, for the package?
The package is located at:
http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html
and is this one :gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz
Thanks
What is your webcam model?
Try this link:
HCL/Web Cameras - openSUSE
I have tried that , it is not there
the model is a cheap and nasty one:
ID 0ac8:307b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.
Your model is not supported yet. Anyway, you can try the drivers that is already included in the kernel. Look into the directory:
cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca
/lib/modules/2.6.27.21-0.1-pae/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_zc3xx.ko
alias: usb:v**0AC8**p**307B**d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
Hi Axel; could you explain what your last post means please; we are extremely grateful for the huge knowledge and expertise you bring to the forum; sadly, mere mortals like myself do sometimes get left behind;
ID 0ac8:307b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.
/lib/modules/2.6.27.21-0.1-pae/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/**gspca_zc3xx**.ko
alias: usb:v**0AC8**p**307B**d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
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Here’s your driver (which is in the mainline kernel since 2.6.27).
How do you install that driver?
We installed everything in kernel, but it does not work!
Can any one give a guide line how to install it?
Any Idea why permission is denied?
/lib/modules/2.6.27.21-0.1-pae/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_zc3xx.ko
-bash: /lib/modules/2.6.27.21-0.1-pae/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_zc3xx.ko: Permission denied
so Axel:
is it fair to quote this piece of advice that comes from
Webcams supported by the Gspca/Spca5xx driver
The gspca-drivers were added to the mainline linux-kernel in 2.6.27, so openSUSE 11.1 already contains drivers for most gspca-devices.
However, some applications still don’t work very well together with the new drivers, a workaround is to preload a libv4l-compat library
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so <application>
before starting the respective application, i.e. for kopete you would type:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so kopete
This compat-library can be found in the package “libv4l”, which is available from OSS-Repo or (recommended) from Packman. (see - Additional YaST Package Repositories)
If you have a 64 bit system, you preload the library with:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libv4l/v4l1compat.so <application>
If you want to run a 32 bit application (i.e. skype) on a 64 bit system, you first need to install “libv4l-32bit” (only available in the Packman repository) and run the preload-command used for 32 bit.
If this works for you, you can add the LD_PRELOAD-command to the startup command of your menu entry/desktop shortcut via menu editor or with right-clicking the desktop icon => properties => application => command respectively.
the short answer seems to be: gspca webcams do not seem to work well on Suse 11.1 (despite the gspca drivers being added to the kernel)
my impression is: for reliability: buy a UVC compliant webcam; either new or second-hand
because
UVC compliant webcams
Most modern webcams support the USB Video Class (UVC) and work without specialised drivers. Check the list of webcams supported by the uvc driver. If your one is supported, check the UVC Webcams page.
I am suggesting opinions to perhaps raise some debate
You were trying to execute that as an executable program file.
Instead, you should do:
modprobe gspca_zc3xx