[opensuse] Webcam Question
OpenSUSE 10.3 on 64 bit AMD computer. / /I have a Pive! Cam Video IM Pro on my system. It is listed in YaST Control Center/Hardware. However Kopete doesn't seem to find the webcam. Kopete can find an older QCM USB Camera. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance -- -- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariate http://www.geocities.com/FoundationForChemistry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 18:51 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
OpenSUSE 10.3 on 64 bit AMD computer.
/ /I have a Pive! Cam Video IM Pro on my system. It is listed in YaST Control Center/Hardware. However Kopete doesn't seem to find the webcam. Kopete can find an older QCM USB Camera.
Stephen, Your camera works with the uvc driver so you should be set. http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ So load the uvc driver. 1. Disconnect the camera when you install it and load the drivers for the first time otherwise you may have to: # rmmode uvcvideo # depmod # modprobe uvcvideo 2. Yast/Software/software manager search for uvcvideo and choose the one that corresponds to your kernel. You can find out the kernel you are using: $uname -r Install uvcvideo. 3. uvcvideo uses the 4VL2 protocol so only application that use the 4VL2 protocol will be able to use the uvc supported camera. Be sure is installed. 3. Plug your camera and reboot 4. Load kopete/settings/device You should find in the dropdown menu your camera select it, then you should see an image. 5. If you want to use a new version of the uvcvideo 5.1 Using yast uninstall the uvcvideo (reverse steps as above) 5.2 . Download and Instal the new uvc release Open a terminal (Alt-F2 xterm) $ svn co http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/linux-uvc/linux-uvc/trunk/ That will create a directory ~/trunk with all the files. Install the versions from this website. DO NOT install the newer versions suggested in berlios.de, they are for kernels above 26 where the uvcvideo is part of the kernel and therefore you do not need them. cd to ~/trunk $make # make install Instead of make install I use checkinstall (which I installed using yast). This produces an rpm packaged that you can install like any other package. #checkinstall Note: I have the logitech orbit AF, I do not have experience with your webcamera but is should be the same because uses the same driver. BTW what suse version are you using (sometimes is important for us to know it :)) Ciao -=terry(Denver)=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 11/29/2008 02:19 AM, Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 18:51 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
OpenSUSE 10.3 on 64 bit AMD computer.
/ /I have a Pive! Cam Video IM Pro on my system. It is listed in YaST Control Center/Hardware. However Kopete doesn't seem to find the webcam. Kopete can find an older QCM USB Camera.
Stephen,
Your camera works with the uvc driver so you should be set.
So load the uvc driver.
Or, get the uvcvideo rpm from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/drivers:/webcam/openSUSE_10.3/ and then it should work. HTH -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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