Logitech QuickCam Messenger

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m0x · Post by **m0x** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 3:10 am

I just bought a webcam, a Logitech QuickCam Messenger.

As I understand, the pwcx driver just doesn't work with the Messenger (http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/)

I'm just wondering if anyone has been able to make it work one way or another, or if you've ever met somebody who was able to. It's kinda frustrating as I thought "Hey, a logitech webcam, they look like they're supported" but the Messenger one is like one of the 3 not supported by this driver...

modprobing pwcx and then restarting hotplug sometime cause a kernel panic or other problem.

I tried googling for it but I couldn't really find anything tangible.

Thanks

m0x · Post by **m0x** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 3:13 am

Actually, I just found an answer, this seems to be what I'm looking for.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/qce-ga/

I'll try that and see if it works.

[edit] Nope, seems this particular driver only works with QuickCam EXPRESS, not Messenger. Anyone have any idea?

eyd · Post by **eyd** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:56 pm

I looked a month ago or so, and didn't find anything. I ended up using the quickcam zoom with the usb-pwcx driver.

aridhol · Post by **aridhol** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:57 am

I had trouble getting my QuickCam Webb working. Worked when I tried the CVS drivers from qce-ga using the qc-usb driver.

You might want to try that.

m0x · Post by **m0x** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 4:00 am

Nope, doesn't work, I tried the CVS, the 0.60 and the 0.51 ebuild and none seems to work. From what I can gather of the forum for the project on sourceforge the quickcam messenger doesn't seem to be supported yet, it's such a shame (well, for me at least!

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m0x · Post by **m0x** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:24 am

So, anything new since 2 months?

Cqwense · Post by **Cqwense** » Sat May 22, 2004 4:51 am

well I just brought one home from work, searched on the forums for quickcam messenger, and this is the first post I find

Call it a snowballs chance in hades bump

m0x · Post by **m0x** » Sat May 22, 2004 3:00 pm

Well, if you ever find a way to make that webcam work in Linux, please by all mean post it on this forum. Other than that I still haven't found a way...

moa333 · Post by **moa333** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 2:09 pm

let ME know also when you find a driver!!

moa333 · Post by **moa333** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 2:49 am

There IS a driver, from YESTERDAy, realy new stuff!!

i am testing right now.

I tryed 2.4.20 wit worh-sources, nochance,

Now i try with hardened-sources-2.6.7-r16 and it reasy "seams" it works

i mùean, no error, everythink was ok, but i forgot to compile v4l into the kernel, so i am just recimpiling now

(dont forget to add the patch for this 2.6.7 verssioin included with the "driver":

patch -p1 (less than sory 104keys!!!) linux-2.6.7....etc.patch in the /usr/src/linux dir.....

i tell you if it works, i am trying the 0.4 release!!!

http://home.mag.cx/messenger/

great job if it works...

moa333 · Post by **moa333** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 3:17 am

OK,

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# cat /proc/modules | grep quick
quickcam 101960 0 - Live 0xf1236000 usbcore 91744 9 quickcam,snd_usb_audio,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,
Live 0xf0dc0000

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# cat /proc/modules
quickcam 101960 0 - Live 0xf1236000
nvidia 4815636 0 - Live 0xf1708000
nvidia_agp 5788 1 - Live 0xf114f000
agpgart 26408 1 nvidia_agp, Live 0xf11da000
snd_seq_oss 28416 0 - Live 0xf11a5000
snd_seq_midi_event 6144 1 snd_seq_oss, Live 0xf1152000
snd_seq 44816 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event, Live 0xf11ce000
snd_pcm_oss 47528 0 - Live 0xf11c1000
snd_mixer_oss 16256 2 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf115d000
snd_usb_audio 64736 0 - Live 0xf11b0000
snd_intel8x0 29228 1 - Live 0xf1167000
snd_ac97_codec 60292 1 snd_intel8x0, Live 0xf118a000
snd_pcm 78472 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8x0, Live 0xf1175000
snd_timer 19460 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm, Live 0xf1157000
snd_page_alloc 8968 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm, Live 0xf0e27000
gameport 3712 1 snd_intel8x0, Live 0xf1137000
snd_mpu401_uart 5760 1 snd_intel8x0, Live 0xf1134000
snd_rawmidi 18980 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_mpu401_uart, Live 0xf113b000
snd_seq_device 6408 3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi, Live 0xf0e2b000
snd 44388 13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device, Live 0xf1143000
forcedeth 11776 0 - Live 0xf0df6000
dm_mod 36896 0 - Live 0xf0e2f000
sbp2 20232 0 - Live 0xf0e04000
ohci1394 28932 0 - Live 0xf0dfb000
ieee1394 87860 2 sbp2,ohci1394, Live 0xf0e0c000
ohci_hcd 18180 0 - Live 0xf0db5000
uhci_hcd 27920 0 - Live 0xf0de9000
usb_storage 25600 0 - Live 0xf0de1000
usbhid 28992 0 - Live 0xf0dd8000
ehci_hcd 25092 0 - Live 0xf0dad000
usbcore 91744 9 quickcam,snd_usb_audio,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd, Live 0xf0dc0000

the name is "quickcam"

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# ls -la /dev | grep video

this kernel log:

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Dec 21 13:25:22 [kernel] quickcam [22.260379]: ----------LOADING QUICKCAM MODULE------------

What i did wrong?????
Any help?

i posted for help on the hardware forum also:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php? ... highlight=

Legoguy · Post by **Legoguy** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 3:43 am

QC-USB should work flawlessly on a 2.6.10-rc3 kernel with the latest CVS. It does for me, that's what's powering my LEGO Robot's video stream to the world.

moa333 · Post by **moa333** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 3:55 am

i have a camera QuickCam Messenger with VendorId:ProductId 046D:08F0

I think they just aded some new compression on this new model.... i am not sure it works (but hevent tryed yet), if not , why make a new driver???

from the README FILE of the developper:

Here is some information about the driver:

Support for Quickcam Messenger (0x046D, 0x08F0)
Support for Quickcam Communicate (0x046D, 0x08F5)
162x124, 162x248, 324x124, 324x248 resolution available
Auto exposure works (need some tuning though)
Auto shutter-control works (need some tuning though)
Compressed format is still unknown

...what id your cam ID? i bet it isn't 0x046D, 0x08F0

any i wil give a try to this kernel just to see....

m0x · Post by **m0x** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:59 pm

I love you moa333!

It actually works!

My Quickcam Messenger IS a 046D:08F0

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# lsusb | grep Logi
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:08f0 Logitech, Inc.

I basically just ran the quickcam.sh script, it gave me all kind of errors but it worked nonetheless. I got it working really easily with xawtv now.

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l # uname -a
Linux Sightblinder 2.6.10-gentoo-r1 #1 Mon Dec 27 10:20:54 EST 2004 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2500+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

I'm so happy I think I'm going to go make an ebuild out of this.

[edit] damn, somebody beat me to it! http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75705

m0x · Post by **m0x** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 4:01 pm

Just a small comment.

I used version 0.5, which just came out hours ago I guess ( 27-Dec-2004 14:00 )

[edit]Just tried out the ebuild with version 0.5, it works perfectly AND coldplug automatically detects and loads the module.

Sanderfox · Post by **Sanderfox** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:22 am

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# modprobe quickcam
FATAL: Module quickcam not found.

I used the ebuild for version 0.5.

What am I doing wrong ?

moa333 · Post by **moa333** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 7:50 pm

I dont know how to make the ebuild actualy work....

Anyway you should check you have a good kernel. I dont know what a good kernel is, but the latest gentoo-dev-sources, 2.6.9-r9 or more should work....

execute the quickcam.sh script first, ou should see there if there is any error or problem....

MaxDamage · Post by **MaxDamage** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:24 pm

No problems here with the latest gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9-r13 and the 0.5 drivers.

Sanderfox · Post by **Sanderfox** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:16 am

I got it working

I just had to reboot for coldplug to find it

It's working great !!

MaxDamage · Post by **MaxDamage** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:03 pm

Do somebody use the webcam for IM? I'd like to use it like in the MSN Messenger client, with my friends that use window$, but couldn't find an app that worked in linux and window$. Gnomemeeting isn't compatible with the Netmeeting included in WindowsXP.

For voice Skype is great, but they don't support webcam yet.

Thanx in advance.

moa333 · Post by **moa333** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:20 pm

For voice you have also TeamSpeak

moa333 · Post by **moa333** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:27 pm

also there is a fuul feutured client for yahoo messenger network:

http://phpaint.sourceforge.net/pyvoicechat/license.php

it is Gyach Enhanced based on the original Gyach, but a lot improved with sound and wideo,

I hevent tested it yet...

moa333 · Post by **moa333** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:07 pm

for msn you have two programs that have webcam integration with gnomemeeting: (for use on msn)

http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/screenshots.shtml

ayttm

http://kmess.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=features

kmess

MaxDamage · Post by **MaxDamage** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:57 am

But Gnomemeeting isn't compatible with the NetMeeting included in WindowsXP so that's not a valid option. I'll try the Yahoo client. Thanx a lot!

moa333 · Post by **moa333** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 1:19 pm

Some feedback about the driver status?

Mine worked well the first day, then i had problems going online with gnomemeeting. I mean I could see the image in gnomemeeting while not connected, but when i was calling someone he was seying nothink at all. This is strange since it worked the first day!!!

Now verssion 0.7 is out here (it says many bugs fixed), and i'm going to try it!

http://home.mag.cx/messenger/

Logitech QuickCam Messenger

Logitech QuickCam Messenger

Anything 3 months later?