Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000 Help

[PhillipGreen]

I've been unsuccessful in getting the Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000 to work on Fedora 8 Gateway Laptop.

I've been told the UVC driver would work, but I guess I'm not installing/setting it up correctly.

Could somebody help me out with this? If you have a solution or a suggestion please provide clear step-by-step instructions, By all means, treat me like an idiot (which I am when it comes to drivers, setting hardware, etc.).

Thanks in advance.

Phillip

[leigh123linux]

I've been unsuccessful in getting the Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000 to work on Fedora 8 Gateway Laptop.

I've been told the UVC driver would work, but I guess I'm not installing/setting it up correctly.

Could somebody help me out with this? If you have a solution or a suggestion please provide clear step-by-step instructions, By all means, treat me like an idiot (which I am when it comes to drivers, setting hardware, etc.).

Thanks in advance.

Phillip

I suggest that you read the forum rules ;)

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[PhillipGreen]

Dude, all I'm saying is don't post a reply that assumes certain foundations of knowledge. For example, "Check the config file for the driver (without telling me where or how to check such a file) . . . modprobe this or that (without explaining exactly how one does that), . . .etc." It happens a lot here.

Regardless, thanks for schooling me the the forum rules, I'll keep them in mind. Now, do you actually have anything specifically helpful for my problem; or, are you just ensuring that the forum is running smoothly?


Here are my specs should anyone find this helpful:

My laptop is a Gateway 450Sx 1.5 Pent IV with 512 ram.

The video card is a ATI Mobility Radeon M6.

Detailed specs for my computer can be found at http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile...501271sp2.shtml.

Phillip

[leigh123linux]

Dude, all I'm saying is don't post a reply that assumes certain foundations of knowledge. For example, "Check the config file for the driver (without telling me where or how to check such a file) . . . modprobe this or that (without explaining exactly how one does that), . . .etc." It happens a lot here.

Regardless, thanks for schooling me the the forum rules, I'll keep them in mind. Now, do you actually have anything specifically helpful for my problem; or, are you just ensuring that the forum is running smoothly?


Here are my specs should anyone find this helpful:

My laptop is a Gateway 450Sx 1.5 Pent IV with 512 ram.

The video card is a ATI Mobility Radeon M6.

Detailed specs for my computer can be found at http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile...501271sp2.shtml.

Phillip



Yes I help manage the forum .



Try this link ( hopefully it will help )

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=174845&page=2&pp=10&highlight=UVC

[PhillipGreen]

Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, I was still missing something. After starting from scratch I found the answer. I had to change line 19 of the uvc Makefile from "depmod -ae" to "/sbin/depmod -ae." After doing so and reinstalling the driver the camera works with both luvcview and Ekiga. Here are the steps I took for installing the uvc driver for others who may have similar problems:

su
mkdir linux-uvc
cd linux-uvc
svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/linux-uvc/linux-uvc/trunk
cd trunk
gedit Makefile (i.e., change line 19 of the uvc Makefile from "depmod -ae" to "/sbin/depmod -ae" and then save and exit)
make
make install

This worked for me. I then simply ran luvcview, and later Ekiga, and they both worked fine.

Thanks for the earlier suggestions.

Peace,
Phillip