camorri Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 First of all, I'm running Mandriva 2009.1. Currently I have this kernel - uname -a Linux Duelie 2.6.29.6-desktop586-1mnb #1 SMP Sun Jul 5 19:32:00 EDT 2009 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ GNU/Linux With this kernel my Nvidia hardware is working, but I can not get the Logitech Quickcam to work. Form harddrake, here is the hardware. GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 and the module supporting it - Module: ‎Card:NVIDIA GeForce 6100 and later The Quickcam. lsusb Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:0870 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express . Some history. I have had this webcam working with 2008.1. I did a clean install of 2009.1 several months ago. I am now trying to get the webcam working. Last time it worked, it was a struggle. Here is the thread that describes what was done. https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?/topic/81224-logitech-quickcam-solved/page__st__15__p__588514__hl__Logitech%20quickcam__fromsearch__1entry588514 From this thread, and the last posts, it appears I need qc-usb-kernel-desktop-latest. This means I can not use the 586 kernel I'm now using. ( I think ). I installed this kernel kernel-desktop-latest-2.6.29.6. I can not figure out what nvidia package matches this one, and what I need installed to get the webcam working. I believe I need to 'modprobe mod_quickcam' to support the webcam. I have looked in MCC --> Install software. I find the names in there very confusing. Right now I have cheese installed. I can see the webcam with lsmod, and /dev/video0 is there. I see coloured confettie on cheese. Could someone who understands the naming of the kernel packages please give me some direction? For completeness, here is the output of lsmod. lsmod Module Size Used by tun 10912 0 af_packet 17468 0 nfsd 218284 13 lockd 66476 1 nfsd nfs_acl 2876 1 nfsd auth_rpcgss 35456 1 nfsd sunrpc 183040 12 nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss exportfs 4220 1 nfsd ipv6 269264 24 snd_hda_codec_realtek 194272 1 snd_hda_intel 25064 8 snd_hda_codec 68828 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 6880 1 snd_hda_codec snd_seq_dummy 2464 0 pcspkr 2268 0 forcedeth 54028 0 snd_seq_oss 29536 0 snd_seq_midi_event 6812 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 48976 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 6728 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 37632 0 snd_pcm 74432 5 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 20900 4 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_mixer_oss 14460 1 snd_pcm_oss snd 56516 23 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss sg 28240 0 sr_mod 14788 0 soundcore 6976 1 snd snd_page_alloc 8708 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm i2c_nforce2 7520 0 nvidia 7227868 36 agpgart 33992 1 nvidia i2c_core 30992 2 i2c_nforce2,nvidia binfmt_misc 8036 1 gspca_stv06xx 30852 0 gspca_main 22108 1 gspca_stv06xx videodev 40352 1 gspca_main v4l1_compat 13440 1 videodev usblp 11804 0 cpufreq_ondemand 6728 1 cpufreq_conservative 6052 0 cpufreq_powersave 1308 0 powernow_k8 13312 1 freq_table 4380 2 cpufreq_ondemand,powernow_k8 ppdev 7232 0 rtc_cmos 12044 0 floppy 53508 0 parport_pc 35940 0 parport 33900 2 ppdev,parport_pc thermal 15192 0 ohci_hcd 32396 0 button 5836 0 processor 39944 2 powernow_k8,thermal k8temp 4188 0 evdev 9376 7 ehci_hcd 48488 0 usbcore 179408 6 gspca_stv06xx,gspca_main,usblp,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd ide_generic 2336 0 [permanent] pata_amd 10656 0 ata_generic 4576 0 ide_pci_generic 3744 0 ide_gd_mod 23328 0 ide_core 106988 3 ide_generic,ide_pci_generic,ide_gd_mod pata_acpi 3868 0 sata_nv 22276 3 libata 172780 4 pata_amd,ata_generic,pata_acpi,sata_nv sd_mod 33944 4 scsi_mod 150964 4 sg,sr_mod,libata,sd_mod crc_t10dif 1628 1 sd_mod ext3 125732 2 jbd 46736 1 ext3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Try running the software (skype, cheese, whatever you want to use) from the command line using one of these two commands: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype I found them on the Ubuntu forum. Modify the path if necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camorri Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) [i tried both. Each one alters the appearance of the coloured confetti I see, but neither makes a use-able image with my old webcam. For anyone else reading this thread, and looking for information on the gspca driver, have a look here --> http://www.linuxjour...m-working-gspca And for compatibility with web cams -->http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html In my case, my webcam is not listed as supported, although there are a lot of Logitech cams there, just not the one I own. From this site -->http://www.quickcamteam.net/devices/non-uvc-webcams The driver that works is listed as 0870 ST602 Logitech QuickCam ExpressLogitech QuickCam for Notebooks Labtec WebCam qc-usb The formatting, first column is the device, second column is the cam name, and the third is the driver, 'qc-usb' Edited July 26, 2009 by camorri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camorri Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) I have had a try at installing qc-usb-messenger-kernel-desktop-latest. If I select that package, I get an unsatisfied dependency of qc-usb-messenger-kernel-2.6.25.3.... I don't have that kernel 2.6.25.3 installed at all. I can not list it through Install/Remove software. There has to be something hosed up in my system, or the files are really not there. Can anyone shed some light on this??? and a urpmq... urpmq qc-usb-messenger-kernel-2.6.25.3-desktop-1mnbNo package named qc-usb-messenger-kernel-2.6.25.3-desktop-1mnb Edited July 27, 2009 by camorri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camorri Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 (edited) An update. I have a ThinkPad running PCLinuxOS 2009.1. I installed the kdms-qc-usb package on that system. The package installed, and then compiled the driver quickcam.ko. I took my Logitech Quickcam, plugged it in, installed Panorama, and viola, it works. That system is running a different kernel, and a slightly older version of GCC. However, it all works. So, now I know there is a problem with Mandriva 2009.1 compiling the driver I need. Is there some place to report this and find some help??? Edited August 3, 2009 by camorri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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