Logitech QuickCam Express
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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 qc-usb-utils
Kernel driver
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 mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/misc/ make install modprobe quickcam
You should now have a /dev/video0 device.
qcset -i
Gives the device informaton. qcset give control of a range of parameters to do with the webcam.
