Logitech QuickCam Express

Logitec Quick Cam express USB camera under linux 2.6.18

colourbox:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:0870 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express

Packages

apt-get -y install build-essential gcc make linux-headers-2.6.18-6-686

Kernel driver

• http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/

curl -O http://waix.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/qce-ga/qc-usb-0.6.6.tar.gz
tar xzf qc-usb-0.6.6.tar.gz
cd qc-usb-0.6.6

Run make and you see

-=- Logitech QuickCam USB camera driver -=-

Makefile target examples:
make all - Compile driver and utilities against current running kernel
make all USER_OPT=-DDEBUG - Compile with debugging code and messages
make all LINUX_DIR=/usr/src/linux - Compile against specified kernel source
make install - Copy driver and utilities into standard locations (needs root)
make install PREFIX=/usr - Copy utilities to /usr/bin instead of /usr/local/bin
make install MODULE_DIR=/lib/modules/2.4.0 - Copy module to /lib/modules/2.4.0/misc
make clean - Remove object files from the source directory

Current configuration:
Driver source directory (PWD):         /root/qc-usb-0.6.6
Kernel source directory (LINUX_DIR):   /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/build
Module install directory (MODULE_DIR): /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686
Utility install directory (PREFIX):    /usr/local
User options (USER_OPT):               -DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H=1
Driver file name (use with insmod):    quickcam.ko
Kernel version code:                   132626

make all && make install

See also

• http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/
• http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/#documentation
• http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/info.html#docs
• http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_a_webcam#Logitech
• http://www.quickcamteam.net/hcl/linux/logitech-webcams