Let me start by saying this howto would have never happened had it not been for the help of the fallowing people...
Yoriko: for the original howto for Ubuntu 5.10
sporniket: for shoing how to make the changes work at bootup
Christian Magnusson: for creating the fantastic driver with great improvements.
jarping: for the deb file, found somehow (but bummer it is no longer need)
Is this the driver I need?
What is known to work by the Ubuntuforums is the following:
ID 046d:08f6 Logitech, Inc.
To find out if you have the Camera type:
and the terminal when the camera is plugged in. If you have it number for number then you have the same exact camera.
If your camera is the Logitec Quickcam Messenger and you have a different output than thatgive this driver a try. If the driver works you can add your webcam to the list. Please feel free to contact me and I can add it to the list. Your name will also be added to the list of helpers. ¶:
Let's get, extract, and install the files...
You need an external driver outside of what Ubuntu can give.
http://home.mag.cx/messenger/source/
and down load the latest driver something like qc-usb-messenger--- get the latest one but nothing that says unstable or testing.
Code:
tar -xvf qc-usb-messenger-X.X.tar.gz
to the file to extract it... HINT: you don't have to type it al ... just the first letters and press the tab key it will complete it for you... cool huh?
Now we need some programs and files from the Ubuntu side fo things..
Code:
sudo apt-get install build-essentials camorama
Type:
Then type..
Code:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6......
Replacing the ..... with what was said in the uname -r command...
That should be everything that I used. Tell me if you think I am missing something.
ok...
Code:
cd qc-usb-messenger-1.3
sudo su
./quickcam.sh #Go through each step
exit
follow the instructions... if you are using the same cam as me you should have no trouble at all... Just when it says that it will try to run something called xawtv don't worry about that... just run camorama from the applications menu to see if the cam works.
If is does work keep going... if it doesn't work tell me.
now...
Code:
sudo nano /etc/modules
and add
to the bottom of that list.
and press 'ctrl-x' to quit and 'y' to save.
reboot and check the camera again with camorama.
Hope it worked for you.
Thanks for reading my howto.
I have used the camera in many ways..
I have setup a live webcam feed using apache and a few other small programs.
I have used it with ekiga, and amsn to chat with friends and family.
And other things. If you have a cool thin your doing wit your webcam... tell us about it by putting it on your own little howto.
Howto : Quickcam Messenger
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