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Yoriko

February 5th, 2006, 09:32 PM

Installing Logitech Quickcam Messenger
Ubuntu Breezy 5.10

There was an old post by my Here (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=111225).

That wasn't very organised, and I left a few days later for Australia to visit my girlfriend where I was using a windows box and couldn't update, but thats beside the point.

I'll start off with my lsusb + uname -sr;

zack@penor:~$ uname -sr && lsusb
Linux 2.6.12-10-386
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:08f0 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1690:0215 Askey Computer Corp. [hex]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

That is my version of the qc messenger. If you have that my instructions should work for you, I don't know about other versions.

1. Plug in your logitech quickcam messenger.

2. Get the latest driver sources from here (http://home.mag.cx/messenger/) and unpack them somewhere.

3. Get the required dependancies (These were all needed from a fresh Breezy install)

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo apt-get install xawtv gcc-3.4

4. Type into your terminal

export CC=gcc-3.4
This tells the driver to compile using gcc-3.4 the same as the kernel was compiled with (2.6.12 anyway).

5. This is the only way I know to do this; Potentially unsafe. If there is another way please tell me

sudo passwd
to change the root password (you will need this during install).

6. cd to the directory you extracted the driver source too (in the same terminal you did #4 with) and run quickcam.sh.

./quickcam.sh
Type in the root password when it asks, and ignore all error messages. Even the one about not finding a camera!

7. When its done compiling, and the script has finished executing run

sudo modprobe quickcam
Now check your camera out in camorama, or gnomemeeting or something similar.

If all has gone well, continue;

Credits to Maol62 (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=31754)

This will set the camera to run during startup of your system.

8. run

sudo touch /etc/init.d/quickcam && sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/quickcam

9. If in gnome:

sudo gedit /etc/init.d/quickcam
If in KDE:

sudo kate /etc/init.d/quickcam
paste into the file.

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/quickcam: reload the Logitech Quickcam Messenger driver. rmmod quickcam
modprobe quickcam
Save and close.

10. Create a symbolic link so the script is launched at boot;

sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/quickcam /etc/rcS.d/S99quickcam

11. Done! Enjoy using your quickcam messenger!

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I hope this is easier to understand than previous thread. Credits to Maol62 and emcompass for thier help. (and anyone i forgot :P).

footnote: I recently got gaim 2.0beta2 CVS to compile with --enable-vv. Yet i can't find vv anywhere within it, I've read on the forums that it works with msn for beta2 when compiled with --enable-vv. Any idea? (I hate tk, so wish(lol pun maybe <_<) amsn didn't use it).

desperado666

February 6th, 2006, 10:40 AM

What to do if my Latop Monitor is going black when compiling??

Yoriko

February 6th, 2006, 12:34 PM

What to do if my Latop Monitor is going black when compiling??

I don't know, I don't use a laptop - Desktop PC.
Does it go black when compiling any other programs?

desperado666

February 6th, 2006, 05:17 PM

No.
It does go black while "compiling" Step 6.(Something i could see was patching kernel)
If i press CTRL ALT Backspace and do my login i can work again.

Yoriko

February 6th, 2006, 06:19 PM

I don't know what it could be, What kernel version are you using?

desperado666

February 6th, 2006, 09:38 PM

2.6.12-10-386

Yoriko

February 6th, 2006, 10:49 PM

desperado666

February 7th, 2006, 01:01 AM

Doesnt help me.

After running quickcam.sh my screen goes black again,so i guess it has something to do with the script.

Your described way does not compile something dont know why.

Whoopie

February 7th, 2006, 09:22 AM

Hi,

instead of the init.d script, you could do the following:

Create a file /etc/modprobe.d/quickcam and insert this line:

install quickcam modprobe --ignore-install quickcam; rmmod quickcam; modprobe --ignore-install quickcam

Best regards,
Whoopie

Princey

March 8th, 2006, 07:18 AM

Installing Logitech Quickcam Messenger
Ubuntu Breezy 5.10[/u][/b]

There was an old post by my Here (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=111225).

That wasn't very organised, and I left a few days later for Australia to visit my girlfriend where I was using a windows box and couldn't update, but thats beside the point.

I'll start off with my lsusb + uname -sr;

That is my version of the qc messenger. If you have that my instructions should work for you, I don't know about other versions.

1. Plug in your logitech quickcam messenger.

2. Get the latest driver sources from here (http://home.mag.cx/messenger/) and unpack them somewhere.

3. Get the required dependancies (These were all needed from a fresh Breezy install)

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo apt-get install xawtv gcc-3.4

I've followed every step of what you said. I indeed have the exact camera that you have and I'm running Kubuntu Breezy. When I reach the "sudo apt-get install xawtv gcc-3.4" line I get the following error:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package xawtv

Where do I find xawtv? I've checked in adept, even installed synaptic and both register it as installed. Do I skip that step or what? I'm stuck :-k [-(

ProNoblem

March 8th, 2006, 04:48 PM

[..]

Do you have the universe repository enabled? (because it's in universe)

Princey

March 8th, 2006, 05:58 PM

Do you have the universe repository enabled? (because it's in universe)

Yes, it is enabled. Here's my sources.list in case I'm wrong:

deb http://blognux.free.fr/debian unstable main

# http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic
#
# If you get errors about missing keys, lookup the key in this file
# and run these commands (replace KEY with the key number)
#
# gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
# gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -

# Ubuntu supported packages (packages, GPG key: 437D05B5)
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted

# Ubuntu supported packages (sources, GPG key: 437D05B5)
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted

# Ubuntu backports project (packages, GPG key: 437D05B5)
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

# Ubuntu backports project (sources, GPG key: 437D05B5)
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

#kubuntu.org packages for the latest KDE version (packages, GPG key: DD4D5088)
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-latest breezy main

#kubuntu.org packages for the latest KDE version (sources, GPG key: DD4D5088)
deb-src http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-latest breezy main

# kubuntu.org packages for the latest Koffice version (packages, GPG key: DD4D5088)
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/koffice-latest breezy main

# kubuntu.org packages for the latest Koffice version (sources, GPG key: DD4D5088)
deb-src http://kubuntu.org/packages/koffice-latest breezy main

i3dmaster

March 8th, 2006, 11:52 PM

I got this error:

xawtv -device /dev/video0
This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.15-17-386)
X Error of failed request: XF86DGANoDirectVideoMode
Major opcode of failed request: 137 (XFree86-DGA)
Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (XF86DGAGetVideoLL)
Serial number of failed request: 63

Princey

March 10th, 2006, 05:02 AM

Ok guys, I'm really lost here. I would appreciate if someone read my previous post on the Logitech Webcam issue and give me some guidance. I'm stuck at installing xawtv. Without this I can't go any further. I hate to have to boot to windows or use a windows machine just to use my webcam.

Princey

March 11th, 2006, 07:59 AM

I finally got past that stage but I'm stuck at the step of ./quickcam.sh. Here's what it says:

Using specified C compiler from environment CC=gcc-3.4
./quickcam.sh
/usr/bin/whoami
/bin/su
/bin/ls
/bin/cat
/usr/bin/gcc-3.4
Warning: gcc missing
/usr/bin/make
/bin/grep
/bin/egrep
/usr/bin/awk
/bin/sed
/usr/bin/tail
/usr/bin/head
/usr/bin/install
/usr/bin/ld
/bin/uname
/usr/bin/tr
/usr/bin/xawtv
/usr/bin/xdpyinfo
/bin/dmesg
/usr/bin/wc
[!] Some important programs can not be found on default path.
Probably they aren't installed.
You should install them, for example, by using apt-get or rpm.
WARNING: If you press Enter, I'll try to continue anyway,
but this probably will fail. You SHOULD press Ctrl+C now.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

If I continue hitting enter, to continue at the end, I still don't get anything showing save camorama giving me the error message : "Could not connect to video device (/dev/video0)". I'm pretty certain my camera is working and plugged in. Any ideas?

-------------------------------------------------------------
I re-installed gcc and the error message disappeared but came up with another:

gcc-3.4 version: gcc version 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 3.4.4-6ubuntu8.1)
gcc version: gcc version 4.0.2 20050808 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.0.1-4ubuntu9)
Make version: GNU Make 3.80
Linker version: GNU ld version 2.16.1 Debian GNU/Linux
Kernel compiler: gcc version 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 3.4.4-6ubuntu8)
[!] Kernel compiler and gcc-3.4 seem to be different versions.
Instead, they should be the same. If you have many compilers
installed, you can specify the correct one with command (in bash)
export CC=kgcc
before trying to install the driver. Replace kgcc with the command
required for compiling kernels (kgcc is often used in Red Hat systems).
WARNING: If you press Enter, I'll try to continue anyway,
but this probably will fail. You SHOULD press Ctrl+C now.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->
__________________________________________________ ____________
I'm certain that I did the export CC=gcc-3.4 command. Is it because of the two gcc versions? What if I remove the version 4, will it affect my system? Any reply would be appreciated.

Princey

March 11th, 2006, 02:49 PM

Success!!!:KS :) After doing modprobe several times and trying the instructions all over again, I finally got it to work. For those wanting my lsusb, here's it:

princey@MCES:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0458:2014 KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03f0:0604 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 840c
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:08f0 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Now, my next task is to see if I can get my Genius (KYE) scanner to work. That would make me kiss Windows good bye forever. \\:D/

Princey

March 18th, 2006, 02:48 PM

My camera worked fine until this morning. I ran a system upgrade and I noticed that the kernel version went up one number to 2.6.12.18. Ever since then, I get the error message
unable to capture image. I tried unplugging and re-plugging the camera. Rebooted, all without success. Do I need to re-do the entire installation over again or is there something I need to modify to get it working?:confused:

tomtom_in_eire

March 25th, 2006, 02:21 PM

Hi,

Thanks for thi HOWTO, works fine for me!

However, I need to say that on a fresh Dapper install, I needed to install the package build-essential:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

without it, the driver will simply not compile....

enjoy!

gymsmoke

April 1st, 2006, 08:24 PM

ottoshafer

April 11th, 2006, 08:53 PM

Princey

April 12th, 2006, 01:03 PM

heres what i have:
kernel version : 2.6.16.1

lsusb:
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:0920 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:08a0 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam IM
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

keep in mind that these are 2 different webcams. I only need to get one of them to work though

and when i run the quickcam.sh file, i get the following statement:

Testing if is correct.
ls: : No such file or directory
./quickcam.sh: line 699: [: too many arguments
ls: : No such file or directory
ls: : No such file or directory
[!] major number is .
Usually it should be 81, so there are problems ahead.
WARNING: If you press Enter, I'll try to continue anyway,
but this probably will fail. You SHOULD press Ctrl+C now.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

i also get this when i run debug.sh:
FATAL: Module usb not found.
FATAL: Module usb_uhci not found.
FATAL: Module usb_ohci not found.
FATAL: Module modprobe not found.

When i get done, the camera is still undetected. Any help would be appreciated

I'm not the original author of the How To but having had mine set up with a few hitches, I think I have some basic understanding of how things work. You're trying to set up two webcams at the same time, both using the same chipset. Try unplugging one, and run the setup again. Something I've noticed that at times, instead of typing
./quickcam.sh typing
sudo ./quickcam.sh brings about a better result. I'm not a programmer but at times, I think you need sudo priviledges to compile. (subject to correction). Try the above and let us know what happened.

ottoshafer

April 12th, 2006, 03:24 PM

I was trying one at a time, i was just hoping someone could confirm that one of them worked with the driver. I think the error is coming when its compiling the driver

Lotherian

April 15th, 2006, 12:45 AM

Ok, I know I am a newbie but I think I am missing some fundamental...

I have followed the giude to point 6. Every step before that one works perfect.

I am trying to write:

./quickcam.sh

And I get this error message:

me@JMyComputer:~/Desktop/gspy-0.1.7$ ./quickcam.sh
bash: ./quickcam.sh: No such file or directory

Can someone point me in the correct direction?

Thanks in advance!

Princey

April 16th, 2006, 11:41 PM

Lotherian

April 17th, 2006, 09:10 AM

I manage to fix the problem... downloaded the wrong files...

But now I have a new problem for you experts out there.

If I follow the guide to it´s completion the camera work perfect, in gnommeeting for example. So far so good!

But if I restart the computer the camera stops working. I have to run the entire guide again too make it work. So anyone who can point me in the right direction ones again?

Thanks in advance!

ottoshafer

April 17th, 2006, 11:01 PM

this is the error message i get when trying to compile the driver:

Another round done. Let's now compile the driver, it takes a while.
This step will also clear old unnecessary files from the directory.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

rm -f *.o qcset show *~ .\#* .*.cmd *.mod.c *.ko
rm -rf .tmp_versions
make -C "/lib/modules/2.6.16.1-num2/build" SUBDIRS="/home/otto/Desktop/qc-expres s" modules V=1 USER_OPT=""
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.1'
mkdir -p /home/otto/Desktop/qc-express/.tmp_versions
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/home/otto/Desktop/qc-express
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/home/otto/Desktop/qc-express/.qc-driver.o.d -nostdinc -isys tem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include i nclude/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-st rict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mso ft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-def ault -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DNOKERNEL -DMODULE -D"KB UILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(qc_driver)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBU ILD_STR(quickcam)" -c -o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-express/.tmp_qc-driver.o /home/ot to/Desktop/qc-express/qc-driver.c
/home/otto/Desktop/qc-express/qc-driver.c:3031: error: unknown field ‘owner’ spe cified in initializer
/home/otto/Desktop/qc-express/qc-driver.c:3031: warning: initialization from inc ompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [/home/otto/Desktop/qc-express/qc-driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/otto/Desktop/qc-express] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.1'
make: *** [quickcam.ko] Error 2
ls: quickcam.ko: No such file or directory
[!] Looks like the driver compilation failed.

Princey

April 19th, 2006, 02:43 AM

Princey

April 19th, 2006, 02:50 AM

ottoshafer

April 19th, 2006, 04:26 PM

i get this after the camera driver is compiled now.

Right now driver is loaded and should be ready to run.
Let's test if user applications can see it, starting with qcset.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue ---> ^[[DTesting if is correct.
ls: : No such file or directory
./quickcam.sh: line 699: [: too many arguments
ls: : No such file or directory
ls: : No such file or directory
[!] major number is .
Usually it should be 81, so there are problems ahead.
WARNING: If you press Enter, I'll try to continue anyway,
but this probably will fail. You SHOULD press Ctrl+C now.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

any idea what this means?
i also need to know how to change the kernel compiler to gcc 3.4, help with this would be appreciated too

rajan

April 21st, 2006, 08:47 AM

great howto! I've been at this problem for a long time and this finally fixed it. thanks! =D>

galotzas

April 21st, 2006, 02:04 PM

NO works fr me :(

encompass

April 22nd, 2006, 04:39 AM

NO works fr me :(
What is your output from lsusb?

encompass

April 22nd, 2006, 04:48 AM

Yoriko~
Thanks for the how to!
I've got a slightly different setup and would love to get this resolved. If you can point me somewhere to start, I'd really appreciate it.

~$ uname -sr
Linux 2.6.12-10-386

~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:08b0 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam 3000 Pro [pwc]
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 043d:0072 Lexmark International, Inc. X6170 Printer
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c404 Logitech, Inc. TrackMan Wheel
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Since the webcam has audio and video, I also show 2 sound cards installed (which has caused me some confusion with getting apps like skype to run).

I'd really like to get the cam working at this point just to test it and see what it can do under Linux.
if you have tryied this drive and it did not work... I hate to burst your bubble, but the thread is not for you. Sorry, only for messenger.
I have a growing list of lsusb's here...http://www.slicehaven.com/ubuntu/main_page.html
I would keep looking elsewhere in the forums... seems they have gotten alot of success with it. Mine two has a mic I use the QC Messenger.

ottoshafer

April 23rd, 2006, 06:14 PM

How do you change the kernel compilation version?

rajan

April 24th, 2006, 06:00 PM

i'm having the same problem as Lotherian... i rebooted and then i lost the ability to use my webcam. what a tease.... i've rebooted 2x now and it's still not working, and i've done step 8,9,10 as Princey suggested, so i don't know if i need to recompile something every time i use start the comp or not. everything else is the same (webcam, distro, common architecture), but i just get a green screen in gnome meeting. i've even "touched" the /etc/init.d/quickcam file and nothing seems to work.

EDIT: problem fixed, see solution below.

rajan

April 25th, 2006, 03:29 AM

silly me didn't notice this parallel thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=111225&highlight=logitech

it may help some of the problems, but i haven't tried it yet since i'm at work and i don't have root here and my comp at home is off (no sense warming the planet just so i can access the internet in 5 seconds after coming home).

rajan

April 25th, 2006, 06:19 AM

Installing Logitech Quickcam Messenger
Ubuntu Breezy 5.10

9. If in gnome:

sudo gedit /etc/init.d/quickcam
If in KDE:

sudo kate /etc/init.d/quickcam
paste into the file.

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/quickcam: reload the Logitech Quickcam Messenger driver. rmmod quickcam
modprobe quickcam
Save and close.

as i thought, i hadn't hit "return" between ".... Quickcam Messenger driver." and "rmmod quickcam..." . how i had it previously, the "rmmod quickcam" was commented out and that's why i was getting the green screen. Yoriko, i suggest you change this on the howto so other mistake prone people don't get so confused after they reboot. i repeat my previous acclaim for this howto, and i'd put the hand clappy guy on again, but i don't see him and i don't remember the code. just imagine me clapping if you really want to.

ottoshafer

April 25th, 2006, 05:49 PM

Ok, here is the complete output of my running of the quickcam.sh file. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-=- Logitech QuickCam USB camera driver installer -=-
Hello! I am the (hopefully) easy-to-use, fully automated
qc-usb driver installation script.
At the moment, this is experimental, and if it doesn't work,
don't hesitate to quit this with Ctrl+C and install the
driver manually.

The driver is provided in source code form, so it has to be
compiled. This should happen automatically, but it does mean
that there are some steps required before installation.

You also need to know "root" user password to test and
install the driver.

Basically you need only to keep hitting Enter whenever you
see this prompt: --->. Sometimes you're asked root password.
Pay special attention to lines beginning with [!].
It means that some trouble has been detected.

To most important location is the path to your kernel source
or headers. This can be guessed, but you can specify it by
giving it as an argument to this script like this:
./quickcam.sh LINUX_DIR=/usr/src/linux

If you haven't done it yet, now it would be a good moment to
take a look at file README.

Next I'm going to check if you have some important programs installed
and if they and the kernel are of suitable version.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

Using specified C compiler from environment CC=gcc-3.4
./quickcam.sh
/usr/bin/whoami
/bin/su
/bin/ls
/bin/cat
/usr/bin/gcc-3.4
/usr/bin/gcc
/usr/bin/make
/bin/grep
/bin/egrep
/usr/bin/awk
/bin/sed
/usr/bin/tail
/usr/bin/head
/usr/bin/install
/usr/bin/ld
/bin/uname
/usr/bin/tr
/usr/bin/xawtv
/usr/bin/xdpyinfo
/bin/dmesg
/usr/bin/wc
/bin/readlink
gcc-3.4 version: gcc version 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 3.4.4-6ubuntu8.1)
gcc version: gcc version 4.0.2 20050808 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.0.1-4ubuntu9)
Make version: GNU Make 3.80
Linker version: GNU ld version 2.16.1 Debian GNU/Linux
Kernel compiler: gcc version 4.0.2 20050808 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.0.1-4ubuntu9)[!] Kernel compiler and gcc-3.4 seem to be different versions.
Instead, they should be the same. If you have many compilers
installed, you can specify the correct one with command (in bash)
export CC=kgcc
before trying to install the driver. Replace kgcc with the command
required for compiling kernels (kgcc is often used in Red Hat systems).
WARNING: If you press Enter, I'll try to continue anyway,
but this probably will fail. You SHOULD press Ctrl+C now.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

Looking for more necessary programs...
Found program /sbin/depmod
Found program /sbin/insmod
Found program /sbin/rmmod
Found program /sbin/modprobe
Found program /bin/mount
Found program /usr/sbin/lsusb
depmod version: module-init-tools 3.2-pre7
insmod version: module-init-tools version 3.2-pre7
rmmod version: module-init-tools version 3.2-pre7
modprobe version: module-init-tools version 3.2-pre7
Checking whether we're root... root
[!] Running script as root.
You shouldn't run this script as root. It should work,
but is unsafe. Please run this as an ordinary user.
When root access is really needed, you will be prompted
for the root password.
WARNING: If you press Enter, I'll try to continue anyway,
but this probably will fail. You SHOULD press Ctrl+C now.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

Checking for driver source code...
Checking for write permission...

Previous round done. Now checking if you have kernel source installed.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

Kernel source directory: /lib/modules/2.6.16.1-num2/build
Detected kernel version is 2.6.x.
Kernel version name: 2.6.16.1-num2
Kernel source version code: 132624
Driver file name: quickcam.ko
Module install directory: /lib/modules/2.6.16.1-num2
Driver source directory (PWD): /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2
Kernel source directory (LINUX_DIR): /lib/modules/2.6.16.1-num2/build
Module install directory (MODULE_DIR): /lib/modules/2.6.16.1-num2
Utility install directory (PREFIX): /usr/local
User options (USER_OPT):
Driver file name (use with insmod): quickcam.ko
Kernel version code: 132624

The QuickCam driver requires other drivers from kernel.
I'll now check if those seem to be loaded.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

Modules loaded into the kernel:
videodev uhci_hcd rfcomm l2cap pcmcia firmware_class container ipv6 af_packet pcspkr rtc yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc shpchp pci_hotplug amd64_agp sis_agp agpgart nls_cp437 ntfs joydev dm_mod psmouse mousedev parport_pc lp parport md_mod ext3 jbd sis900 mii ehci_hcd ohci_hcd usbcore ide_cd cdrom ide_disk ide_generic sis5513 generic ide_core unix vga16fb vgastate cfbimgblt cfbfillrect cfbcopyarea tileblit font

Next round: let's see if you have a supported QuickCam.
Please plug in your USB camera before continuing.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

I can find the following probably compatible devices:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:0870 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express

Another round done. Let's now compile the driver, it takes a while.
This step will also clear old unnecessary files from the directory.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->
rm -f *.o qcset input_read show *~ .\#* .*.cmd *.mod.c *.ko
rm -rf .tmp_versions
cd testquickcam ; make clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/testquickcam'
rm -f testquickcam *~ pic.ppm pic.gif
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/testquickcam'
make -C "/lib/modules/2.6.16.1-num2/build" SUBDIRS="/home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2" modules V=1 USER_OPT=""
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.1'
mkdir -p /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/.tmp_versions
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/.qc-driver.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DNOKERNEL -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(qc_driver)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(quickcam)" -c -o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/.tmp_qc-driver.o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/qc-driver.c
/home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/qc-driver.c: In function ‘qc_capt_get’:
/home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/qc-driver.c:2378: warning: ‘gn’ may be used uninitialized in this function
/home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/qc-driver.c:2378: warning: ‘ex’ may be used uninitialized in this function
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/.qc-vv6450.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DNOKERNEL -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(qc_vv6450)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(quickcam)" -c -o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/.tmp_qc-vv6450.o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/qc-vv6450.c
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/.qc-formats.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DNOKERNEL -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(qc_formats)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(quickcam)" -c -o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/.tmp_qc-formats.o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/qc-formats.c
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/.qc-memory.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DNOKERNEL -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(qc_memory)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(quickcam)" -c -o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/.tmp_qc-memory.o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/qc-memory.c
ld -m elf_i386 -m elf_i386 -r -o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/quickcam.o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/qc-driver.o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/qc-vv6450.o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/qc-formats.o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/qc-memory.o
Building modules, stage 2.
make -rR -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.1/scripts/Makefile.modpost
scripts/mod/modpost -m -a -i /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.1/Module.symvers vmlinux /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/quickcam.o
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/.quickcam.mod.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(quickcam)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(quickcam)" -DMODULE -c -o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/quickcam.mod.o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/quickcam.mod.c
ld -m elf_i386 -m elf_i386 -r -o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/quickcam.ko /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/quickcam.o /home/otto/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.2/quickcam.mod.o
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16.1'
gcc -Wall -O2 -s qcset.c -o qcset -lm
qcset.c: In function ‘pnm_open’:
qcset.c:383: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ‘fopen’ differ in signedness
qcset.c: In function ‘main’:
qcset.c:640: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of ‘pnm_open’ differ in signedness
gcc -Wall -O2 -s input_read.c -o input_read
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 120899 2006-04-24 13:55 quickcam.ko

Now everything should be well and the driver compiled.
Let's then try actually loading the fresh driver and testing
if it works.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

To load the driver, I need to know the root password.
=== Entering root mode ===

I will now try to enable the SysRq key.
If your computer crashes, you can try pressing:
Alt + SysRq + S: Emergency Sync (write everything on hard disk)
Alt + SysRq + U: Unmount all harddisks
Alt + SysRq + B: Reboot system immediately
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

Now I finally will try to load the module.
If you're unlucky, your computer might crash right now!!!!
Consider long if you really want to continue.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

You decided to do it, here we go...
=== Leaving root mode ===
The driver detected the following supported cameras:
[!] No cameras detected.
Try unloading and reloading the driver manually with
rmmod quickcam; insmod ./quickcam.ko debug=-1
and then checking whether there are any messages indicating
problems with command
dmesg
WARNING: If you press Enter, I'll try to continue anyway,
but this probably will fail. You SHOULD press Ctrl+C now.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

I will be using , if there are more cameras I'll not test them.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

Testing if is correct.
ls: : No such file or directory
./quickcam.sh: line 699: [: too many arguments
ls: : No such file or directory
ls: : No such file or directory
[!] major number is .
Usually it should be 81, so there are problems ahead.
WARNING: If you press Enter, I'll try to continue anyway,
but this probably will fail. You SHOULD press Ctrl+C now.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

Right now driver is loaded and should be ready to run.
Let's test if user applications can see it, starting with qcset.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

./qcset: can not open /dev/video0 (No such device)
[!] qcset did not found the QuickCam camera
WARNING: If you press Enter, I'll try to continue anyway,
but this probably will fail. You SHOULD press Ctrl+C now.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

If you like, you can quit now and start using the camera -
you have good chances that it works, if no problems were detected.
If you have X Window System running and xawtv installed,
I can now run it automatically for you.
You will then also have opportunity to install the driver permanently.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

Launching xawtv (press q on xawtv window to quit it)...
If the image is not sharp, try focusing it by turning the
wheel around the camera lens.
xawtv -noscale -noxv -c ""
This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.16.1-num2)
v4l-conf: option requires an argument -- c
usage: v4l-conf [ options ]

options:
-q quiet
-d <dpy> X11 Display [:0.0]
-c <dev> video device [/dev/video0]
-b <n> displays color depth is <n> bpp
-s <n> shift display by <n> bytes
-f query frame buffer device for info
-a <addr> set framebuffer address to <addr>
(in hex, root only, successful autodetect
will overwrite this address)
-1 force v4l API
-2 force v4l2 API
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
v4l2: open : No such file or directory
v4l2: open : No such file or directory
v4l: open : No such file or directory
no video grabber device available

Well, did it work, did you get a picture?
If you did, you might now want to install the driver
permanently. Just proceed to do that...
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

Just an extra warning: the driver (quickcam.ko) and
the utility (qcset) will be now copied into system
directories. If you have already other versions,
they will be overwritten. Verify by giving root password.
=== Entering root mode ===
/usr/bin/install -c -D -m 644 quickcam.ko /lib/modules/2.6.16.1-num2/misc/quickcam.ko
/usr/bin/install -c -D -m 755 qcset /usr/local/bin/qcset
/sbin/depmod -a

=== Leaving root mode ===
Hopefully the driver is now installed and can be loaded
with command
modprobe quickcam
as root. You can put this command into some startup
script to do it always automatically at boot.
The exact location depends on distribution, and this
script is yet too dumb to do this automatically.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->
Goodbye...

juicybananahead

May 13th, 2006, 09:19 PM

Thanks very much, I got it working as soon as I was smart enough to realise that I couldn't run it through my USB hub! Here's my lsusb for everyone else's reference:

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:08f6 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:c03e Logitech, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 059f:0621 LaCie, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 050d:0237 Belkin Components
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

//juicy

encompass

May 14th, 2006, 06:23 AM

Yeah the USB extensions can have a pile of issues. Not sure why, perhaps it is a power reason, cause my mouse doesn't lightup when it is connected to a hub.
Good job and I will, when exams are over, add your lsusb to my list on the page. And hey, if you have pictures of the cam, throw them over too. :)

MetalMusicAddict

May 29th, 2006, 05:47 PM

So am I right in thinking that if I go through all this Ill just to have to do it again if I update my kernel?

I just bought a QC Messenger thinking it would work with all the info I'd seen. I'd like a out-of-the-box cam but I dont mind a little work if it will be a final solution.

encompass

May 30th, 2006, 03:14 AM

That's the one disadvantage I see in linux. Because you will always get a better kernel and your computer will always be improving. You will have to setup this comstume setting in your kernel every time.
You could do what windows does... and not upgrade the kernel. Just keep it the same all the time so people that need better hardware support can't do wnything about it.
Lastly, if you don't want to, you don't have to... you don't have to upgrade your kernel. Some very smart linux people find a stable and powerful kernel they like and don't want to change.
Good question....

MetalMusicAddict

May 30th, 2006, 03:20 AM

Hmm... Then with that could/can you recommend a out-of-the-box webcam? With Dapper I might pin the kernel a little after final if I cant get a cam I like.

simms

June 5th, 2006, 03:16 PM

excellent howto -- thank you!
i can confirm that your directions work perfectly on Dapper Drake (Ubuntu 6.06) as well. quickcam.sh returns many errors, but in the end the driver is compiled and installed correctly.

desperado666

June 5th, 2006, 05:08 PM

possible to build a nice shiny deb out of it??? I hate recompiling only because i use a new kernel

Rackerz

June 5th, 2006, 11:20 PM

Just amazing, I've tried the howto at least 6 times, and it's finally worked! Thankyou!

sporniket

June 6th, 2006, 06:33 AM

Thank you for the Howto, it worked like a charm for me.

I have a few notes to complement it.

lsusb + uname -sr;

Check that the corresponding linux-headers package is installed (I installed linux-headers-<kernel version> and linux-headers-<kernel version>-<architecture>)

This will set the camera to run during startup of your system. (8, 9, ...)

I put the quickcam module in my /etc/modules file instead of creating an init script, and it works too.

encompass

June 6th, 2006, 06:42 AM

Thank you for the Howto, it worked like a charm for me.
I have a few notes to complement it.
Check that the corresponding linux-headers package is installed (I installed linux-headers-<kernel version> and linux-headers-<kernel version>-<architecture>)
I put the quickcam module in my /etc/modules file instead of creating an init script, and it works too.
Thanks for the information... that should help me alot...

_Graven

June 6th, 2006, 10:33 AM

Rackerz

June 6th, 2006, 04:05 PM

Rackerz

June 6th, 2006, 08:41 PM

Nobody?

terminatorkobold

June 7th, 2006, 06:17 PM

[u]Installing Logitech Quickcam Messenger

[b]5. This is the only way I know to do this; Potentially unsafe. If there is another way please tell me

sudo passwd
to change the root password (you will need this during install).

Hello Yoriko,

I looked at the quickcam.sh file and constated that the command su was used to obtain the administrator privilege when needed. I replaced every instance of su by sudo in the script and saved it. Afterwards when run, the script asked me once my sudo password and then executed nicely without needing to be run in a root account.

Hope it helps.

terminatorkobold

June 7th, 2006, 06:26 PM

Can somebody help me? The driver installs successfully for me each time, but it just doesn't start the webcam at boot. I added the lines and files so it should start, but it doesn't. Can someone help?

Hello Rackerz,

Did you upgrade your kernel after your first installation?
If it is the case you probably need to rerun the script after changing the kernel. Doing this I still had the problem and saw that the script did not replace my old quickcam.ko file with the newly compiled one. I had to delete the /lib/modules/2.6.15-23-386/kernel/drivers/usb/media/quickcam/quickcam.ko file by myself and replace it with the newly created quickcam.ko file. Afterwards everything worked without problems.

Rackerz

June 7th, 2006, 08:39 PM

Hello Rackerz,

Did you upgrade your kernel after your first installation?
If it is the case you probably need to rerun the script after changing the kernel. Doing this I still had the problem and saw that the script did not replace my old quickcam.ko file with the newly compiled one. I had to delete the /lib/modules/2.6.15-23-386/kernel/drivers/usb/media/quickcam/quickcam.ko file by myself and replace it with the newly created quickcam.ko file. Afterwards everything worked without problems.

I didn't install a new kernel but I saw a problem in the installer saying it couldn't replace that file. Were would I find the newly created one?

encompass

June 8th, 2006, 04:32 AM

I am making a howto as we speak...

Hey all,

i'm having problems with my quickcam again. It was probably due to the dapper upgrade. Has anyone tried this HOWTO on dapper with success?

EDIT: After running quickcam.sh again it complains about the kernel being compiled with gcc-4. If I set CC=gcc-4.0 the script seems to run "normally", but
modprobe quickcam
I get...

FATAL: Error inserting quickcam (/lib/modules/2.6.15-23-686/misc/quickcam.ko): Invalid module format

terminatorkobold

June 9th, 2006, 12:13 PM

I didn't install a new kernel but I saw a problem in the installer saying it couldn't replace that file. Were would I find the newly created one?

The new quickcam.ko file is in the same folder as the quickcam.sh file. You have to use sudo to delete the /lib/modules/2.6.15-23-386/kernel/drivers/usb/media/quickcam/quickcam.ko file and then copy the new file to that place. Notice that the 2.6.15-23-386 part oft the file path should be the name of the kernel that you are using. (it comes in the grub booting manager as you start your system)

For the startup part, it is better to add quickcam in your /etc/modules file as indicated by sporniket rather than to use the script given by Yoriko.

encompass

June 9th, 2006, 10:11 PM

5. This is the only way I know to do this; Potentially unsafe. If there is another way please tell me
Have you tried
'sudo su'
?

puterboy

June 16th, 2006, 05:22 AM

Well, i tried it the way in the guide, no dice. did a lil research, and all u need to do is

sudo make
sudo make install

let it compile, then

sudo insmod ./quickcam.ko

then it's good. worked for me right away. found it on the http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/ site. i'm using a quickcam messenger

edit: make sure to load it in autoload, cuz it resets after every reboot

_Graven

June 16th, 2006, 07:37 PM

Kudos for the HOWTO!!!!

Rackerz

July 4th, 2006, 01:26 AM

Can somebody help me get the driver to work on boot up?

_Graven

July 9th, 2006, 06:11 PM

Hey all,

i'm having problems with my quickcam again. It was probably due to the dapper upgrade. Has anyone tried this HOWTO on dapper with success?

EDIT: After running quickcam.sh again it complains about the kernel being compiled with gcc-4. If I set CC=gcc-4.0 the script seems to run "normally", but
modprobe quickcam
I get...

FATAL: Error inserting quickcam (/lib/modules/2.6.15-23-686/misc/quickcam.ko): Invalid module format

Workaround for this one... just use the force switch after running the install script.

sudo modprobe -f quickcam

I added the same switch to the startup script. xawTV won't start, but camorama will. I've tried using video on aMsn and kopete successfully.

encompass

July 9th, 2006, 07:32 PM

you may want to try the howto made for dapper... not this one for breezy

Rackerz

July 10th, 2006, 03:23 PM

you may want to try the howto made for dapper... not this one for breezy

I highly recommend you use what encompass posted for Dapper, it works.

detter

July 14th, 2006, 12:05 AM

encompass

July 14th, 2006, 05:07 AM

Im very new to ubuntu and Im trying to get my logitech
to work. I find the directions a little confusing because
I dont know if they are step by step or they assume that I know
what Im diong.

Thanks Detter.](*,)

Well, I can help you... feel free to use any of my messengers... and I can help you there....
But the steps are pretty strait forward... I tried not leaving anything out to guessing.
The one big mistake everyone makes is they don't check if the camera they REALLY have is the quickcam Messenger. This howto is only for that.
Hope to help you.

Cris987

August 20th, 2006, 04:32 PM

rm -f *.o qcset input_read show *~ .\#* .*.cmd *.mod.c *.ko
rm -rf .tmp_versions
cd testquickcam ; make clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/gilbert/Desktop/Installers:Drivers/qc-usb-messenger-1.3/testquickcam'
rm -f testquickcam *~ pic.ppm pic.gif
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/gilbert/Desktop/Installers:Drivers/qc-usb-messenger-1.3/testquickcam'
make -C "/lib/modules/2.6.17.8/build" SUBDIRS="/home/gilbert/Desktop/Installers:Drivers/qc-usb-messenger-1.3" modules V=1 USER_OPT=""
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17.8'
Makefile:1100: *** target pattern contains no `%'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17.8'
make: *** [quickcam.ko] Error 2
ls: quickcam.ko: No such file or directory
[!] Looks like the driver compilation failed.

Anyone have any idea what's wrong? Thanks.

MissG

September 2nd, 2007, 12:24 AM

In case anyone still needs this, here's a debian package that worked for me on kubuntu feisty:
http://www.mediafire.com/?74udxttccq6

Phophos

September 14th, 2007, 04:02 PM

The following worked for me on Edgy - http://blog.preshweb.co.uk/2007/05/logitech-quickcam-messenger-under-linux/

nicjasno

September 25th, 2007, 10:02 PM

Phophos, I get the following error when trying the method in this link:

FATAL: Error inserting gspca (/lib/modules/2.6.17-12-386/kernel/drivers/usb/media/gspca.ko): Invalid module format

Derviansoul

March 4th, 2008, 06:56 PM

Hmm then i don't know why it isn't working;

let's try it without the script.
make sure you have everything needed before continuing;

Enter the directory in the terminal and;

make clean && make all
If your screen doesn't blank during this compile, then when its done;

modprobe videodev
modprobe usb-uhci
insmod ./quickcam.ko compatible=3
then test if the camera works.

(I based this off the readme, so I don't know if it is right.)

It was giving me a black screen and i haven't got a laptop!!but using this steps it works now!!
thanks allot:D
But everytime that i restart i have to run to follow the 3 steps above or otherwise i cannot start the webcam, if i follow the steps from 7 to 9 when i restart the computer i can make modprobe quickcam but the camera wont start!!
i have to remove mobprobe quickcam from the /etc/init.d/quickcam or otherwise i cannot even follow the steps above can anyone help me please!!

Plasma_NZ

March 5th, 2008, 02:19 PM

Ok, another novice here...

Am running "Hardy Heron 64bit"

Tried the "make clean && make all " and got the following results..

rm -f *.o qcset show *~ .\#* .*.cmd *.mod.c *.ko
rm -rf .tmp_versions
make -C "/lib/modules/2.6.24-11-generic/build" SUBDIRS="/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6" modules V=1 USER_OPT="-DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H=1"
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-11-generic'
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6
gcc -Wp,-MD,/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/.qc-driver.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -mtune=generic -m64 -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -funit-at-a-time -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -maccumulate-outgoing-args -fstack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -g -fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DNOKERNEL -DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H=1 -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(qc_driver)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(quickcam)" -c -o /home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/.tmp_qc-driver.o /home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c
In file included from /home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:47:
/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/quickcam.h:129:1: warning: "BIT" redefined
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:15,
from include/linux/cache.h:4,
from include/linux/time.h:7,
from include/linux/videodev2.h:59,
from include/linux/videodev.h:15,
from /home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/quickcam.h:95,
from /home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:47:
include/linux/bitops.h:6:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c: In function ‘qc_i2c_init’:
/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:824: error: ‘struct urb’ has no member named ‘lock’
/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:825: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c: In function ‘qc_isoc_start’:
/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:1867: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c: At top level:
/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:2998: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:3009: error: unknown field ‘hardware’ specified in initializer
make[2]: *** [/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/nodified/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-11-generic'
make: *** [quickcam.ko] Error 2

Any help would be appreciated...

Derviansoul

March 6th, 2008, 12:34 AM

Hello

I tried to use this tutorial but i was getting black screens and i had to restart X after, i managed to make the camera to work following this steps from

make clean && make all

modprobe videodev
modprobe usb-uhci
insmod ./quickcam.ko compatible=3

but everytime that i restarted the pc the camera wouldn't work if i done all the steps from Yoriko from 7 till 10 yoriko advises us to use sudo all the time but instead of that i use

su and in the quickcam directory i runned

sh quickcam.sh
Some of us will say that it's unsafe but the website it self advises to follow this steps logged as root.
this time it didn't ask for any password and i never got any black screen, and i could do all the steps till 10 now the webcam works even i restart the pc.
Sorry if i said something not completly right, but i managed to make it working and i though to explain to other people with the same problem hoping that would work with them aswell!!
regards

c0kit0_2oo7

March 18th, 2008, 01:54 PM

Oooooh yeeeeahh!! XDD, i dont know what i did wrong the last time xD, but now i have the cam working out :D, thanku :p, this post goes to my bookmarks :P

SATA

March 30th, 2008, 12:30 PM

Ok, another novice here...

Am running "Hardy Heron 64bit"

Tried the "make clean && make all " and got the following results..

Any help would be appreciated...

Im having the exact same problem. But on Hardy 32 bit.

rm -f *.o qcset input_read show *~ .\#* .*.cmd *.mod.c *.ko
rm -rf .tmp_versions
cd testquickcam ; make clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/testquickcam'
rm -f testquickcam *~ pic.ppm pic.gif
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/testquickcam'
make -C "/lib/modules/2.6.24-12-server/build" SUBDIRS="/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7" modules V=1 USER_OPT="-DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H=1"
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-12-server'
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/.qc-driver.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -pipe -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -ffreestanding -maccumulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default -fomit-frame-pointer -g -fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DNOKERNEL -DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H=1 -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(qc_driver)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(quickcam)" -c -o /root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/.tmp_qc-driver.o /root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c
/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c: In function 'qc_int_init':
/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c:850: warning: passing argument 6 of 'usb_fill_int_urb' from incompatible pointer type
/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c: In function 'qc_isoc_start':
/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c:2209: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c: At top level:
/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c:3484: error: unknown field 'hardware' specified in initializer
/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c: In function 'qc_usb_init':
/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c:3661: error: implicit declaration of function 'LONG'
/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c:3661: warning: left shift count >= width of type
make[2]: *** [/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/root/qc-usb-messenger-1.7] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-12-server'
make: *** [quickcam.ko] Error 2Any help would be appreciated

Whoopie

March 30th, 2008, 03:19 PM

Hi,

apply the attached patch. This should make it work again.

Best regards,
Whoopie

SATA

March 30th, 2008, 09:20 PM

Hi,

apply the attached patch. This should make it work again.

Best regards,
Whoopie

Applied the supplied patch. Same error, Different line number

SATA

March 30th, 2008, 09:29 PM

kick me if im stupid.

But after applying the patch, it still wouldnt build.

so I changed this line from

hardware: VID_HARDWARE_QCAM_USB,to

//hardware: VID_HARDWARE_QCAM_USB,Aftert that, the Driver: Built, Loaded and it works

I have built two deb packages with checkinstall for anyone who is interested.
They were built for the 2.6.24-12-generic and 2.6.24-12-server kernel's

You can download either one from here:
Generic Kernel: http://files.i-owns-u.net/qc-usb-messenger/qc-usb-messenger_1.7-hardy_generic1_i386.deb
Server Kernel: http://files.i-owns-u.net/qc-usb-messenger/qc-usb-messenger_1.7-hardy_server1_i386.deb

Plasma_NZ

April 7th, 2008, 12:59 PM

yeah ok - how do u applie the patch ? im new to all this..?? i think i've tried and it's spat errors at me about a line number etc..

little help.?

TameLion

April 15th, 2008, 11:40 PM

Plazma_NZ, try here: http://www.linuxhq.com/patch-howto.html ;)

Whoopie/SATA: Excellent patch and extra fix! Thanks guys.

Jimi.

izac

April 18th, 2008, 11:49 AM

well i have errors too trying to install a quickam messenger... any help would be apriciated :) here is the output : ("i aplied the patch provided above)....

make clean && make allrm -f *.o qcset input_read show *~ .\#* .*.cmd *.mod.c *.ko
rm -rf .tmp_versions
cd testquickcam ; make clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/testquickcam'
rm -f testquickcam *~ pic.ppm pic.gif
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/testquickcam'
make -C "/lib/modules/2.6.24-12-generic/build" SUBDIRS="/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7" modules V=1 USER_OPT="-DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H=1"
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-12-generic'
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7
gcc -Wp,-MD,/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/.qc-driver.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -mtune=generic -m64 -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -funit-at-a-time -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -maccumulate-outgoing-args -fstack-protector -fomit-frame-pointer -g -fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DNOKERNEL -DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H=1 -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(qc_driver)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(quickcam)" -c -o /home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/.tmp_qc-driver.o /home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c
/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c: In function ‘qc_int_init’:
/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c:850: warning: passing argument 6 of ‘usb_fill_int_urb’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c: In function ‘qc_isoc_start’:
/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c:2209: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c: At top level:
/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c:3473: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c:3484: error: unknown field ‘hardware’ specified in initializer
make[2]: *** [/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/zac/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.7] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-12-generic'
make: *** [quickcam.ko] Error 2

Papou

April 22nd, 2008, 09:14 PM

Hello,

I apply the patch and got the following :

famille@hp:~/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7$ sudo make all
make -C "/lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build" SUBDIRS="/home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7" modules V=1 USER_OPT="-DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H=1"
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/.qc-driver.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -pipe -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i586 -mtune=generic -ffreestanding -maccumulate-outgoing-args -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default -fomit-frame-pointer -g -fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DNOKERNEL -DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H=1 -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(qc_driver)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(quickcam)" -c -o /home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/.tmp_qc-driver.o /home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c
/home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c: In function ‘qc_int_init’:
/home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c:850: warning: passing argument 6 of ‘usb_fill_int_urb’ from incompatible pointer type
/home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c: In function ‘qc_isoc_start’:
/home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c:2209: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.c:3649:1: error: unterminated #ifdef
make[2]: *** [/home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7/qc-driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/famille/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
make: *** [quickcam.ko] Error 2
famille@hp:~/Serge/Installations/qc-usb-messenger-1.7$

Any suggestion will be welcomed.

c4pp4

April 27th, 2008, 02:22 AM

You can download either one from here:
Generic Kernel: http://files.i-owns-u.net/qc-usb-messenger/qc-usb-messenger_1.7-hardy_generic1_i386.deb
[/URL]

Thanks a lot! I installed your package and had to use this command:
sudo cp /lib/modules/2.6.24-12-generic/misc/quickcam.ko /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/ubuntu/media/quickcam

because of 2.6.24-16 kernel.
Now it works like a charm :D

MemoryDump

April 30th, 2008, 04:04 PM

Thanks a lot! I installed your package and had to use this command:
sudo cp /lib/modules/2.6.24-12-generic/misc/quickcam.ko /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/ubuntu/media/quickcam

because of 2.6.24-16 kernel.
Now it works like a charm :D
what else did you have to do to make this work?
reboot? modprob?
when I run Camorama I get a "Could not connect to video device (/dev/video0). Please check connection"

I have quickcam home.
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 046d:0801 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Home

thxs
-MD

c4pp4

April 30th, 2008, 07:24 PM

what else did you have to do to make this work?
reboot? modprob?
when I run Camorama I get a "Could not connect to video device (/dev/video0). Please check connection"

I have quickcam home.
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 046d:0801 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Home

thxs
-MD

quickcam messenger 046d:08f0
modprobe quickcam
quickcam to /etc/modules
that's all
for skype i followed this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3856516#post3856516/
with module parameter: quickcam video_nr=1

MemoryDump

April 30th, 2008, 08:06 PM

quickcam messenger 046d:08f0
modprobe quickcam
quickcam to /etc/modules
that's all
for skype i followed this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3856516#post3856516/
with module parameter: quickcam video_nr=1
I don't fully understand your reply.
is "quickcam messenger 046d:08f0" a command I should be running?
"quickcam to /etc/modules" is that copying a file some somewhere?

little confusing :)

c4pp4

May 3rd, 2008, 09:02 AM

I don't fully understand your reply.
is "quickcam messenger 046d:08f0" a command I should be running?
"quickcam to /etc/modules" is that copying a file some somewhere?

little confusing :)

My fault...

"Quickcam Messenger 046d:08f0" is the webcam I talk about.

"quickcam to /etc/modules" I meant that you have to edit /etc/modules file and add a new line with "quickcam" to load the driver on every boot.

Lothas

May 5th, 2008, 07:19 PM

Hey, I have the Lego Mindstorms Vision Command camera:
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:0850 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Web

and it doesn't work properly, not even in Hardy. Since 7.10 the built-in mic works ok (little down on gain) but the camera is still not working. This is one of the only things keeping me from moving completely to Ubuntu.

I've tried compiling the qc-usb driver without much luck. This is the output:

make all

make -C "/lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build" SUBDIRS="/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6" modules V=1 USER_OPT="-DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H=1"
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6
gcc -m32 -Wp,-MD,/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/.qc-driver.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -pipe -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i586 -mtune=generic -ffreestanding -maccumulate-outgoing-args -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default -fomit-frame-pointer -g -fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DNOKERNEL -DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H=1 -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(qc_driver)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(quickcam)" -c -o /home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/.tmp_qc-driver.o /home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c
In file included from /home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:47:
/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/quickcam.h:129:1: warning: "BIT" redefined
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:15,
from include/linux/cache.h:4,
from include/linux/time.h:7,
from include/linux/videodev2.h:59,
from include/linux/videodev.h:15,
from /home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/quickcam.h:95,
from /home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:47:
include/linux/bitops.h:6:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c: In function ‘qc_i2c_init’:
/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:824: error: ‘struct urb’ has no member named ‘lock’
/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:825: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c: In function ‘qc_isoc_start’:
/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:1867: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c: At top level:
/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c:3009: error: unknown field ‘hardware’ specified in initializer
make[2]: *** [/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/lothas/Desktop/qc-usb-0.6.6] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
make: *** [quickcam.ko] Error 2

MemoryDump

May 6th, 2008, 02:18 PM

my cam just doesn't want to work :(
I've tried compiling the driver/module and it fails.. *sigh*

nilpill

May 9th, 2008, 02:13 AM

Thanks a lot! I installed your package and had to use this command:
sudo cp /lib/modules/2.6.24-12-generic/misc/quickcam.ko /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/ubuntu/media/quickcam

because of 2.6.24-16 kernel.
Now it works like a charm :D

Thanks a lot for that! I've got it working in the 2.6.24-16 kernel now. However, if I try to get do the same thing for the 2.6.24-17 kernel with

sudo cp /lib/modules/2.6.24-12-generic/misc/quickcam.ko /lib/modules/2.6.24-17-generic/ubuntu/media/quickcam
it doesn't work. Why might that be?

LexingtonKW

May 19th, 2008, 12:12 AM

Ugggh! I've tried ALL of this (on Hardy 32bit) and it STILL won't work...

Csomby

May 26th, 2008, 04:20 PM

Yesterday a new driver came out( qc-usb-messenger-1.8.tar.gz). The problem that everyone told (quickcam.ko) is repaired, but now the qcset has problems.:) i have a 64bit system, so i can use the .deb that someone sent. If somebody can solve the problem, please share with us,thanks

Muchacho_Gasolino

May 29th, 2008, 03:02 AM

Yo Csomby,

Where can I get me one of those 1.8s? I think I'm looking on the maintainer's page (http://home.mag.cx/messenger/) and there is no mention of it. Also, a google search for "qc-usb-messenger-1.8.tar.gz" turns up absolutely nothing...

@SATA:

Where is that "hardware: ..." line that you changed? I can't find it in either the patch or quickcam.h.

Thanks a lot for that! I've got it working in the 2.6.24-16 kernel now. However, if I try to get do the same thing for the 2.6.24-17 kernel with "..." it doesn't work. Why might that be?

Same thing for me; I get

FATAL: Error inserting quickcam (/lib/modules/2.6.24-17-generic/ubuntu/media/quickcam/quickcam.ko): Invalid module format

Csomby

May 29th, 2008, 02:19 PM

At http://home.mag.cx/messenger/ you click on qc-usb-messenger-1.7.tar.gz (2007-09-02), and that take you here: http://home.mag.cx/messenger/source/. you can find there.

But i wrote mail to the maker of the driver.and he replied this:
"
Does qcset compile if you add “–I/usr/include” manually?
gcc -Wall -O2 -s -I/usr/include qcset.c -o qcset –lm
"

But i cant understand what i should do. i'm not an experienced linux user yet:S any ideas?

Muchacho_Gasolino

June 1st, 2008, 02:12 AM

Hey Csomby,

I think you can fix that by doing

sudo apt-get install build-essential

For some reason gcc on ubuntu doesn't come with the standard c library...

Muchacho_Gasolino

June 1st, 2008, 02:29 AM

Damn; so close..

Everything seems to go great until the line where it tries to load xawtv. Then my screen goes black and I can't do anything except for ctrl-alt-backspace out. The driver compiles, loads, finds the video device fine. I do get

Right now driver is loaded and should be ready to run.
Let's test if user applications can see it, starting with qcset.
Press Ctrl+C to quit, Enter to continue --->

[!] qcset did not found the QuickCam camera

Is that a big deal? Apparently...

If i try to run the install script over again, it says the quickcam driver is loaded already, but cheese can't see anything and xawtv just turns my screen black. Anybody know what the deal is?

Csomby

June 1st, 2008, 07:19 PM

i found the camera, but it cant load the driver... it is so funny:D

Limulus

June 24th, 2008, 10:21 AM

Yesterday a new driver came out( qc-usb-messenger-1.8.tar.gz)

I can't seem to load http://home.mag.cx/messenger/source/ (I get a timeout error)

Does anyone know of an alternate download link or have a copy of 1.8 they can post?

Thanks!

Limulus

June 24th, 2008, 05:39 PM

I can't seem to load http://home.mag.cx/messenger/source/ (I get a timeout error)

Does anyone know of an alternate download link or have a copy of 1.8 they can post?

Thanks!

Looks like the website is working now; got it :)

t35t0r

June 28th, 2008, 06:59 PM

I have:

Bus 001 Device 011: ID 046d:08f0 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Messenger

downloaded v1.8 (http://home.mag.cx/messenger/source/qc-usb-messenger-1.8.tar.gz), compiled, and installed:

# lsmod | grep qc
qcmessenger 112584 0
videodev 29440 2 qcmessenger,usbvideo
usbcore 146028 9 qcmessenger,quickcam_messenger,usbvideo,snd_usb_au dio,snd_usb_lib,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

the ./quickcam.sh script messes up when it tries to test the camera saying it can't find some (device) file so I quit with ctrl+c and tried ./qcset -i but it doesn't look like it's working properly either:

8$ qcset -i
Name : @��h��/�.N=
Type :
Channels : 0
Audio devices : 0
Maxsize : 0,0
Minsize : 0,0

Overlay coords: 17,8
Capture size : -1208421272,1
Chromakey : -1208422400
Flags :

Channel : 0
Name :
Tuners : -1081309400
Flags :
Type : (unknown)
Norm : 47093

Brightness : 0
Hue : 33708
Color : 49036
Contrast : 61536
Whiteness : 47097
Depth : 0
Palette : (unknown)

$ ls -l /dev/video*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2008-06-28 12:48 /dev/video -> video0
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 2008-06-28 12:55 /dev/video0

$ groups
myuser adm dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev fuse lpadmin admin

xawtv and gqcam aren't showing anything. I've gotten this camera to work before in gentoo (2.6.22 kernel I think) and older version of the qc-usb-messenger drivers. I just grabbed the webcam from my windows box on which I tested as working with the logitech utilities.

t35t0r

July 1st, 2008, 05:47 AM

I'm not sure what the problem was, but it started working in xawtv and gqcam after I rebooted the system.

SpEcIeS

July 1st, 2008, 10:29 PM

Personally, the only way I found that worked on my system was using the qc-messenger-1.8 and installing using direct ROOT -> su not sudo.

Enable the ROOT TERMINAL in your menu and away you go. Well, as long as you have all the prerequisites installed. :)

c4pp4

July 2nd, 2008, 05:45 AM

It works with this attached file ( version 1.8 )

sudo cp quickcam.ko /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/ubuntu/media/quickcam

spezifanta

October 19th, 2008, 02:31 PM

This worked for me (2.6.26):

- get http://home.mag.cx/messenger/source/qc-usb-messenger-1.8.tar.gz
- apply this patch: http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=167504
- continue installing qc-usb-messenger-1.8

How to patch:
http://www.linuxhq.com/patch-howto.html

derek7

October 19th, 2008, 04:58 PM

i tried the patch, with kernel 2.6.27

but i recive:

/home/enrico/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.8/qc-driver.c: In function ‘qc_v4l_ioctl’:
/home/enrico/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.8/qc-driver.c:2898: error: ‘struct video_device’ has no member named ‘type’
/home/enrico/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.8/qc-driver.c: At top level:
/home/enrico/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.8/qc-driver.c:3487: error: unknown field ‘type’ specified in initializer
make[2]: *** [/home/enrico/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.8/qc-driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/enrico/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.8] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic'
make: *** [qcmessenger.ko] Error 2
ls: cannot access qcmessenger.ko: No such file or directory
[!] Looks like the driver compilation failed.
Did you get any error messages above?
If asking for help, show what error messages you got.

spezifanta

October 19th, 2008, 11:48 PM

Try this:

wget http://home.mag.cx/messenger/source/qc-usb-messenger-1.8.tar.gz
wget http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=167504 -O patch.txt
tar xzvf qc-usb-messenger-1.8.tar.gz
patch -p0 < patch.txt
cd qc-usb-messenger-1.8
make
sudo make install
sudo insmod ./qcmessanger.ko

SATA

October 25th, 2008, 10:22 AM

i tried the above, and im getting:

/home/ryan/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.8/qc-driver.c: In function 'qc_v4l_ioctl':
/home/ryan/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.8/qc-driver.c:2898: error: 'struct video_device' has no member named 'type'
/home/ryan/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.8/qc-driver.c: At top level:
/home/ryan/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.8/qc-driver.c:3487: error: unknown field 'type' specified in initializer
make[2]: *** [/home/ryan/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.8/qc-driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/ryan/Desktop/qc-usb-messenger-1.8] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic'
make: *** [qcmessenger.ko] Error 2
If i comment out the offending lines, the module builds, loads, but the cam image is just black. No video seems to come through

SATA

October 25th, 2008, 10:53 AM

Heres the output from dmesg regarding the qcmessenger module

[24150.664902] qcmessenger [57.719607]: ----------LOADING QUICKCAM MODULE------------
[24150.664922] qcmessenger [57.719634]: struct quickcam size: 4424
[24150.665056] usbcore: registered new interface driver qcmessenger
[24202.232435] qcmessenger: QuickCam USB camera found (driver version QuickCam Messenger/Communicate USB 1.8 $Date: 2008/05/26 00:00:00 $)
[24202.232451] qcmessenger: Kernel:2.6.27-7-generic bus:3 class:FF subclass:FF vendor:046D product:08F6
[24202.238340] qcmessenger [49.293049]: poisoning qc in qc_usb_init
[24202.243108] qcmessenger [49.297815]: E00A contains 08F6
[24202.243119] qcmessenger: Sensor VV6450 detected
[24202.250135] qcmessenger [49.304843]: Quickcam snapshot button registered on usb-0000:00:13.1-1/input0
[24202.252676] qcmessenger: Registered device: /dev/video0
[24250.925668] qcmessenger [37.980375]: open users=1
[24250.990113] qcmessenger [38.044820]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24250.992242] qcmessenger [38.046950]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24251.014136] qcmessenger [38.068843]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24251.040912] qcmessenger [38.095620]: close users=0
[24251.042997] qcmessenger [38.097706]: open users=1
[24251.107115] qcmessenger [38.161823]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24251.109115] qcmessenger [38.163825]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24251.131159] qcmessenger [38.185865]: close users=0
[24251.314466] qcmessenger [38.369172]: open users=1
[24251.379120] qcmessenger [38.433826]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24251.381111] qcmessenger [38.435821]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24251.403141] qcmessenger [38.457848]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24251.405002] qcmessenger [38.459712]: close users=0
[24251.406237] qcmessenger [38.460948]: open users=1
[24251.471116] qcmessenger [38.525823]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24251.473353] qcmessenger [38.528061]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24251.495148] qcmessenger [38.549855]: close users=0
[24251.507853] qcmessenger [38.562558]: open users=1
[24251.572130] qcmessenger [38.626835]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24251.574120] qcmessenger [38.628830]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24251.596236] qcmessenger [38.650943]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24251.598064] qcmessenger [38.652775]: close users=0
[24251.599316] qcmessenger [38.654028]: open users=1
[24251.663117] qcmessenger [38.717824]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24251.665239] qcmessenger [38.719946]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24251.687149] qcmessenger [38.741856]: close users=0
[24251.688556] qcmessenger [38.743266]: open users=1
[24251.753116] qcmessenger [38.807823]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24251.755117] qcmessenger [38.809827]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24251.777140] qcmessenger [38.831847]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24251.778992] qcmessenger [38.833702]: close users=0
[24251.780258] qcmessenger [38.834968]: open users=1
[24251.844243] qcmessenger [38.898948]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24251.846116] qcmessenger [38.900828]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24251.868227] qcmessenger [38.922935]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24251.868267] qcmessenger [38.922978]: close users=0
[24251.874434] qcmessenger [38.929141]: open users=1
[24251.938124] qcmessenger [38.992831]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24251.940120] qcmessenger [38.994830]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24251.962139] qcmessenger [39.016846]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24251.964028] qcmessenger [39.018738]: close users=0
[24251.964139] qcmessenger [39.018849]: open users=1
[24252.027117] qcmessenger [39.081824]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24252.029118] qcmessenger [39.083827]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24252.051215] qcmessenger [39.105922]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24252.051253] qcmessenger [39.105962]: close users=0
[24255.680580] qcmessenger [42.735285]: open users=1
[24255.745120] qcmessenger [42.799826]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24255.747119] qcmessenger [42.801829]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24255.769136] qcmessenger [42.823844]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24255.770974] qcmessenger [42.825685]: close users=0
[24255.772623] qcmessenger [42.827330]: open users=1
[24255.837123] qcmessenger [42.891830]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24255.839116] qcmessenger [42.893826]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24255.861163] qcmessenger [42.915870]: close users=0
[24255.862610] qcmessenger [42.917319]: open users=1
[24255.927118] qcmessenger [42.981825]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24255.929200] qcmessenger [42.983910]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24255.951353] qcmessenger [43.006060]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24255.953463] qcmessenger [43.008172]: close users=0
[24255.954712] qcmessenger [43.009424]: open users=1
[24256.019123] qcmessenger [43.073830]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24256.021112] qcmessenger [43.075822]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24256.043212] qcmessenger [43.097918]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24256.044740] qcmessenger [43.099450]: close users=0
[24256.081595] qcmessenger [43.136300]: open users=1
[24256.146124] qcmessenger [43.200829]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24256.148116] qcmessenger [43.202826]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24256.170142] qcmessenger [43.224849]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24256.172432] qcmessenger [43.227138]: close users=0
[24256.172546] qcmessenger [43.227256]: open users=1
[24256.236122] qcmessenger [43.290828]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24256.238119] qcmessenger [43.292829]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24256.260213] qcmessenger [43.314918]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24256.260250] qcmessenger [43.314959]: close users=0
[24256.925177] qcmessenger [43.979882]: open users=1
[24256.989115] qcmessenger [44.043822]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24256.991118] qcmessenger [44.045828]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24257.013147] qcmessenger [44.067854]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24257.014972] qcmessenger [44.069682]: close users=0
[24257.016236] qcmessenger [44.070946]: open users=1
[24257.080122] qcmessenger [44.134828]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24257.082119] qcmessenger [44.136829]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24257.104213] qcmessenger [44.158921]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24257.105687] qcmessenger [44.160398]: close users=0
[24258.061101] qcmessenger [45.115808]: open users=1
[24258.126118] qcmessenger [45.180826]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24258.128127] qcmessenger [45.182838]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24258.150134] qcmessenger [45.204842]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24258.152309] qcmessenger [45.207017]: close users=0
[24258.153619] qcmessenger [45.208329]: open users=1
[24258.218121] qcmessenger [45.272826]: qc_sensor_init: call qc_sensor_setsize0 (324,248)
[24258.220119] qcmessenger [45.274829]: set sensor=324x248 vwin=324x248
[24258.242212] qcmessenger [45.296919]: failed qc_v4l_ioctl()=-515
[24258.242251] qcmessenger [45.296962]: close users=0
[24281.412123] qcmessenger [ 8.466829]: Unhandled INT URB error -62
[24281.412135] qcmessenger [ 8.466846]: INT URB error status=-62 tb_length=1 act_length=0 interval=16 frame=-1 data=00
[24281.460122] qcmessenger [ 8.514827]: Unhandled INT URB error -62
[24281.460133] qcmessenger [ 8.514844]: INT URB error status=-62 tb_length=1 act_length=0 interval=16 frame=-1 data=00
[24281.508122] qcmessenger [ 8.562829]: Unhandled INT URB error -62
[24281.508133] qcmessenger [ 8.562844]: INT URB error status=-62 tb_length=1 act_length=0 interval=16 frame=-1 data=00
[24281.556120] qcmessenger [ 8.610828]: Unhandled INT URB error -62
[24281.556132] qcmessenger [ 8.610843]: INT URB error status=-62 tb_length=1 act_length=0 interval=16 frame=-1 data=00
[24281.611531] qcmessenger [ 8.666240]: poisoning qc in qc_usb_exit

TheDebugger

November 5th, 2008, 09:32 AM

thommy

November 9th, 2008, 11:45 AM

Hi TheDebugger, please, can you tell me, how to install the patch. I got the same error messages as SATA and spezifanta. Thanks for help. Thommy
PS I use Kubuntu 8.10

thommy

November 9th, 2008, 01:42 PM

Hi TheDebugger, thanks a lot for your answer, i'll try it later and give you a report, how and if it works. Thommy

thommy

November 9th, 2008, 09:49 PM

Hi TheDebugger, the installation ran without any error messages. But if I use camorama, there is an error message: Could not capture image. In the image window are only some stripes with pixels. Similar happens using skype, if I want to use video transmission. Using cheese, I get a perfect image. Do you have an idea, what is going wrong? Some days before I installed the driver for a dvb-t stick, as described here: http://www.imhorst.net/digittrade-dvb-t-stick-unter-linux-nutzen/ I used the ubuntu script. May this be the reason, why camorama and skype-video don't work?
Thommy:-?
Starting camorama in a terminal this message appears: (camorama:19003): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

Johnny Golden

December 26th, 2008, 02:02 PM

Thanks TheDebugger, made some real progress, although like SpEcIeS I had to run the script as root for it to complete. Can now get an image in xawtv and camorama (although not cheese - haven't tested anything else) but only after running modprobe qcmessenger as root (sudo -s).

So my questions are:
- How do I get the webcam working as a non-root user (e.g. using sudo)?
- More importantly, how do I get it to load at startup (adding qcmessenger to /etc/modules doesn't seem to do the trick)?

Any help would be much appreciated...

el_chupacabra

December 31st, 2008, 04:45 PM

I made a patch available here http://www.geocities.com/hvansteenhuyse/index.html.
So there are 2 patches to install:
- The first one is mentioned above cfr. #105
- The second one is this one
After installing both the patches I compiled the driver and my cam was working.

HowTo apply the patches:
wget http://home.mag.cx/messenger/source/qc-usb-messenger-1.8.tar.gz
wget http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=167504 -O patch.txt
Download the second patch here (http://www.geocities.com/hvansteenhuyse/index.html) and put it in the same directory as the other downloads
tar xzvf qc-usb-messenger-1.8.tar.gz
patch -p0 < patch.txt
patch -p0 < qc.patch.2.txt
cd qc-usb-messenger-1.8
./quickcam.sh

The script quickcam.sh does literally everything (software dependency checks, compilation and installation of the driver), all you have to do is press ENTER several times until the scripts ends.
Or you could just execute the steps explained in # 105 (item above) supra adding my patch of course.

After installing both the patches I compiled the driver and my cam was working.
Have fun!

This worked for my "Logitech QuickCam Messenger Communicate" webcam.

Bus 005 Device 003: ID 046d:08f5 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Messenger Communicate

Thanks a lot. :D

el_chupacabra

January 1st, 2009, 01:26 PM

If anybody is interested, I created a short guide on what I did here: http://balla.knows.it :popcorn:

venky80

February 26th, 2009, 08:52 AM

If anybody is interested, I created a short guide on what I did here: http://balla.knows.it :popcorn:

Is there a deb file for this I am using jaunty and have a quickcam messenger 08F0 which does not work with skype or cheese

adambh

March 11th, 2009, 05:12 AM

No.
It does go black while "compiling" Step 6.(Something i could see was patching kernel)
If i press CTRL ALT Backspace and do my login i can work again.

I have exactly the same problem, (kernel 2.6.27-11-generic).
Also running a laptop, though I don´t see how that would affect anything.

pgg1959

March 17th, 2009, 07:44 AM

I made a patch available here http://www.geocities.com/hvansteenhuyse/index.html.
So there are 2 patches to install:
- The first one is mentioned above cfr. #105
- The second one is this one
After installing both the patches I compiled the driver and my cam was working.

HowTo apply the patches:
wget http://home.mag.cx/messenger/source/qc-usb-messenger-1.8.tar.gz
wget http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=167504 -O patch.txt
Download the second patch here (http://www.geocities.com/hvansteenhuyse/index.html) and put it in the same directory as the other downloads
tar xzvf qc-usb-messenger-1.8.tar.gz
patch -p0 < patch.txt
patch -p0 < qc.patch.2.txt
cd qc-usb-messenger-1.8
./quickcam.sh

The script quickcam.sh does literally everything (software dependency checks, compilation and installation of the driver), all you have to do is press ENTER several times until the scripts ends.
Or you could just execute the steps explained in # 105 (item above) supra adding my patch of course.

After installing both the patches I compiled the driver and my cam was working.
Have fun!

Thanks TheDebugger. Following your recipe helped this complete newbie to get the Logitech quickcam messenger working in xawtv. I just set the system up about 3 days ago and had no clue about Ubuntu before. Dabbled a bit with linux in 1995 (when it came on floppies!!) but have not really kept any contact with it since. I have to say I am impressed.

Looking forward to playing some more and then eventually I will be able to get rid of the Windows box. Next project is loading Windows in a Virtual Machine.

Talk to you all soon.:KS

cisneros

March 26th, 2009, 02:15 AM

I am having the same problem, have tried running the quickcam.sh script with the patches but to no avail.

I would like to work out where actually the problem is: I tried compiling the gspca module (which claims to support the camera i have (046d:08da)), but it came up with, at the end,

/usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_probe’: ▒
/usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c:4301: error: incompatible types in ▒
assignment ▒
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.o] Error 1 ▒
make[3]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/gspca] Error 2 ▒
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic' ▒
make[2]: *** [default] Error 2 ▒
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/gspca' ▒
make[1]: *** [binary-modules] Error 2 ▒
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/gspca' ▮
make: *** [kdist_build] Error 2

Does anyone knows what is causing the incompatible types in the script, and how I can solve it?

thanks

el_chupacabra

April 2nd, 2009, 08:22 PM

Is there a deb file for this I am using jaunty and have a quickcam messenger 08F0 which does not work with skype or cheese

Did you try the guide? 08F0 needs the same driver as my 08F5 version.

PRDR

April 27th, 2009, 12:08 AM

Hi,

I had the 08F6 QC camera working just fine with intrepid's kernels using the excellent directions and patches found in this thread. But now, with jaunty, the driver fails to compile again :confused:.

Anybody knows of a patch working with jaunty's kernel?

Thanks in advance!

diehardlinux

June 18th, 2009, 09:04 AM

Installing Logitech Quickcam Messenger
Ubuntu Breezy 5.10

There was an old post by my Here (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=111225).

That wasn't very organised, and I left a few days later for Australia to visit my girlfriend where I was using a windows box and couldn't update, but thats beside the point.

I'll start off with my lsusb + uname -sr;

That is my version of the qc messenger. If you have that my instructions should work for you, I don't know about other versions.

1. Plug in your logitech quickcam messenger.

2. Get the latest driver sources from here (http://home.mag.cx/messenger/) and unpack them somewhere.

3. Get the required dependancies (These were all needed from a fresh Breezy install)

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo apt-get install xawtv gcc-3.4

4. Type into your terminal

export CC=gcc-3.4
This tells the driver to compile using gcc-3.4 the same as the kernel was compiled with (2.6.12 anyway).

5. This is the only way I know to do this; Potentially unsafe. If there is another way please tell me

sudo passwd
to change the root password (you will need this during install).

6. cd to the directory you extracted the driver source too (in the same terminal you did #4 with) and run quickcam.sh.

./quickcam.sh
Type in the root password when it asks, and ignore all error messages. Even the one about not finding a camera!

7. When its done compiling, and the script has finished executing run

sudo modprobe quickcam
Now check your camera out in camorama, or gnomemeeting or something similar.

If all has gone well, continue;

Credits to Maol62 (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=31754)

This will set the camera to run during startup of your system.

8. run

sudo touch /etc/init.d/quickcam && sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/quickcam

9. If in gnome:

sudo gedit /etc/init.d/quickcam
If in KDE:

sudo kate /etc/init.d/quickcam
paste into the file.

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/quickcam: reload the Logitech Quickcam Messenger driver. rmmod quickcam
modprobe quickcam
Save and close.

10. Create a symbolic link so the script is launched at boot;

sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/quickcam /etc/rcS.d/S99quickcam

11. Done! Enjoy using your quickcam messenger!

--------------------------------------------------------
I hope this is easier to understand than previous thread. Credits to Maol62 and emcompass for thier help. (and anyone i forgot :P).

footnote: I recently got gaim 2.0beta2 CVS to compile with --enable-vv. Yet i can't find vv anywhere within it, I've read on the forums that it works with msn for beta2 when compiled with --enable-vv. Any idea? (I hate tk, so wish(lol pun maybe <_<) amsn didn't use it).

Your post worked like a charm for mine Logitech E 3500, thanks a bunch for your post. Long live the Linux community!:popcorn:

kevalacious

August 5th, 2009, 01:02 AM

6. cd to the directory you extracted the driver source too (in the same terminal you did #4 with) and run quickcam.sh.

./quickcam.shType in the root password when it asks, and ignore all error messages. Even the one about not finding a camera!

7. When its done compiling, and the script has finished executing run

sudo modprobe quickcamNow check your camera out in camorama, or gnomemeeting or something similar.

I am stuck here. What do you mean "cd to the directory?" i put in .quicktime.sh and nothing happens....at all.

My skype actuelly detects a camera now, but when i look at it its just a bunch of green fuzzy lines. Can any one help me?:confused:

diehardlinux

November 23rd, 2009, 06:06 PM

One quick side note: script can be ran as sudo user (sudo ./quickcam.sh) VS. running as root (sudo su instead of sudo passwd).

diehardlinux

November 23rd, 2009, 06:18 PM

kevalacious: You should be starting at the begging of post: Download source code package from here: http://home.mag.cx/messenger/source/qc-usb-messenger-1.8.tar.gz (gun zip file) , Then cd in terminal (change directory to where you downloaded it to (via wget or browser download).

"i put in .quicktime.sh and nothing happens". see my other post, should be ran as sudo user (worked for me).
side notes: research how to run shell scripts: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/run-execute-sh-shell-script/

jhobdell

December 15th, 2009, 10:17 AM

Hello all

Completely new guy here. I've had Ubuntu on my machine for a few weeks now and it's going OK (still loads to learn). My main problem at the moment is my webcam. I've already spent several hours trying to get it to work and still nothing.

Like many others, I think, I have the problem of "quickcam.ko Error 2" (i.e. no such file or directory). The main response to this seems to be the compiler, requiring an install of GCC 3.4 but most of the posts relating to it are at least a year old and unless I'm missing something it's now impossible to get or install this - my system doesn't seem to want to allow it anyway. Dependency conflicts and all sorts.

That seems to be the main thing as far as I can tell. If anyone has any pointers I'd be delighted to hear them.

Thanks guys!

jhobdell

December 15th, 2009, 10:41 AM

Sorry to bother again. I've carried on trawling through stuff and apparently this webcam should work "automatically" on Karmic with this driver: gspca stv06xx

I've no idea how to get it though or about the kernel updates that keep being mentioned. Any answer or signposting would be great.

Thanks again.

Whoopie

December 15th, 2009, 02:01 PM

I guess, you need to blacklist the quickcam_messenger module. Create the file "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-custom.conf" with the following content:

blacklist quickcam_messenger
That's how I succeeded to get the webcam working.

Erik Andrén

December 23rd, 2009, 09:46 AM

I guess, you need to blacklist the quickcam_messenger module. Create the file "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-custom.conf" with the following content:

backlist quickcam_messenger

That's how I succeeded to get the webcam working.

I believe it should be:
blacklist, not backlist

madwoollything

July 31st, 2010, 12:44 PM

I'm running 10.04 and have been keenly awaiting each kernel update so I can get my webcam working again (used to work with no problems out of the box with 8.04)

I've tried running this script with no success and suspect the problem is that one of the packages is no longer available in step 3:

E: Couldn't find package gcc-3.4

Anyone got any suggestions other than go back to 8.04 or buy a new webcam??