Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Logitech quickcam 4000 pro--no video device under Mandrake 9.0
- From: Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>
- To: gnomemeeting-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Logitech quickcam 4000 pro--no video device under Mandrake 9.0
- Date: 23 Jan 2003 19:05:05 +0100
Hello,
I think (but Im not sure) that the Logitech Quickcam 4000 Pro is not
supported by the kernel in the Mandrake distribution, you need to
install a newer kernel and patch the sources using the driver found on
the Philip sLinux driver homepage.
Le jeu 23/01/2003 à 18:56, Andrew Carson a écrit :
> The sound portion of gnomemeeting came up and working out of the box for me
> under Mandrake 9.0. Subsequently I purchased a Logitech QuickCam 4000 Pro.
> I can not get it to work with Gnomemeeting (or anything) under Mandrake 9.0.
>
> Here is what I have done to try to make it work:
>
> (1) Installed Hotplug as recommended in Mandrake's instructions for
> Gnomemeeting
> (http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/doc/90c/en/EverydayApplications.html/video-apps.html)
>
> (2) Used lsmod to see if PWC was loaded (It was not) (PWC is said to be the
> driver for this webCam)
>
> (3) Used modprobe to load PWC and verified using lsmod that it was now
> loaded.
>
> (4) Used USBVIEW finding that the webcam is recognized as an unknown device,
> not as a video device.
>
> (5)Tried xawtv, getting this error message:
>
> This is xawtv-3.76, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.19-16mdk)
> can't open /dev/v4l/video0: No such file or directory
> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
> v4l2: open /dev/v4l/video0: No such file or directory
> v4l: open /dev/v4l/video0: No such file or directory
> no video grabber device available
>
> (6) Tried to run Gnomemeeting, getting the error message:
>
>
>
> error while opening /dev/video1, channel 0
>
> (7) resetting the Gnomemeeting video device to video0 results in a similar
> error message.
>
> (8) Used the "find file" tool to try to search for video devices. I was unable
> to find any video devices.
>
>
> I realize that this is a problem with Mandrake 9.0 rather than with
> Gnomemeeting, but thought that it might yet be appropriate for
> the Gnomemeeting discussion group, as this is a common WebCam, Mandrake is a
> common Linux distro and the Linux driver for the webcam is widely available,
> in fact even included in Mandrake 9.0. I certainly bought it after doing
> some homework which lead me to believe that it should work under Linux.
>
> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Andrew Carson.
>
> PS It works perfectly under windows 98 2nd ed.
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--
Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>
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