[ILUG] web cam

[Ruairi Newman]

On Monday 14 Mar 2005 10:58, pat.oleary at iol.ie wrote:
> Hi folks,
> Has anybody managed to get a web cam working with SuSE 9.2?.
> i'm trying, with any success to get a Logitech Quickcam Express to work
> with 9.2, i down loaded qc-usb but dont seem to be able to compile it on my
> pc, it keeps complaining about needing more lib files from the kernel, but
> i installed all the kernel. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>

Hi Pat,

Your problem is possibly that /lib/modules/<kernel version>/build is not 
symlinked to /usr/src/linux-<kernel version>/

At least it was when I tried to compile the same drivers package on Mandrake 
10.1.

Also, watch out.  Several of the "supported" Logitech Quickcams seem to have 
changed chipset while maintaining the same USB vendorid:productid values.  I 
came across this recently with the "Logitech Quickcam Messenger".  
Incidentally, if anyone is looking for two of these - they work fine in 
Windows as long as it's not in a VMware virtual machine - email me.  I paid 
EUR70 for the pair last week, eejit that I am, I'll flog 'em for EUR50.

R



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