046d:0870 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express in Fedora 8

[amenzix]

Distro: Fedora 8
Camera: 046d:0870 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express
Kernel: 2.6.23.1-49.fc8

Hi, looked through the forum and haven't found an answer. I'm trying to make an old Logitech camera to work in Fedora 8. What packages should I install?

I connected the camera, and dmesg shows only a 'usb connect' and doesn't recognize it. I did a google search, and found out that I should use qc-usb for my camera. But, I'm not sure what's the problem exactly. Running 'make all' the first time spewed a lot of errors, and i realized that it didn't find 'version.h' so I tried this:

$ make all LINUX_DIR='/usr'

And got:
make -C "/usr" SUBDIRS="/home/ccc/Download/qc-usb-0.6.5" modules V=1 USER_OPT="-DHAVE_UTSRELEASE_H="
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr'
make: *** [quickcam.ko] Error 2

I tried /usr because in /usr/include/linux is the version.h file, but obviously that's not enough. It obviously tries to 'make modules'. I thought that the kernel-headers was all that it would take. Do I have to compile the kernel from source if I want it to work?

I don't know what I should try, 'caminfo' didn't detect anything. If I'm to buy a new webcam, which one is best to use in linux, compatibility-wise.

[icydog]

I have a ID 046d:08da Logitech, Inc. which is also a Quickcam express. It does not work with qc-usb, but it works with gspca. You can get kmod-gspca from livna or dkms-gspca from freshrpms.

[amenzix]

I've managed to install qc-usb after all, but I keep getting a "Not enough space on device" error with all the programs I try to capture video with. How do I make gspca work? I've installed the package from livna.
When I connect my webcam the loaded module is quickcam, but I remove it and the "modprobe gspca", but nothing happens: caminfo detects no webcam.

EDIT: I checked th gspca supported cameras, and while yours is there, mine isn't, so no gspca for me I guess.

[gowrishankar]

Hello ,
i am also having the Logitech Quick Cam Express webcam with Device ID 046d:0870....
i found from the following site
http://www.quickcamteam.net/devices/non-uvc-webcams

that my webcam belongs to non-uvc category and they suggested spca driver is necessary for this model....

they also gave the link from which spca driver can be downloaded

http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html....


now i have downloaded the driver...

but before compiling the driver i should configure the kernel and i know that the command

make xconfig

can be used to configure

but i am not able to execute it in my kernel which is in /usr/src/Redhat....


now i would like to where can i find my kernel souce so that i can configure it and install the spca driver for my webcam....


Thanks in Advance !!!

[icydog]

gspca is included with the default Fedora 10 kernel, and was probably in F9 too. There is no need to be compiling anything. If it doesn't load automatically, all you have to do is modprobe it. For me, that webcam works if I just plug it in (but it only works in certain apps, like aMSN, and not in others like Skype or camorama).