Logitech Quickcam Communicate STX won't work.

[xiaweitang]

I have enabled gspcav in kernel and recompiled the kernel, xorg-server and x11 drivers. But the command v4l-info shows nothing:

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open /dev/video0: No such file or directory

and spcaview:

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 Spcaview version: 1.1.8 date: 25:12:2007 (C) mxhaard@magic.fr 
Initializing SDL.
SDL initialized.
bpp 3 format 15
Using video device /dev/video0.
Initializing v4l.
ERROR opening V4L interface 
: No such file or directory

[DONAHUE]

Is your menuconfig similar to this?

Device Drivers --->
<*> Multimedia support --->
--- Multimedia support
<*> Video For Linux
[*] Enable Video For Linux API 1 (DEPRECATED)
<M> DVB for Linux
*** Multimedia drivers ***
[ ] Load and attach frontend and tuner driver modules as needed
[*] Customize analog and hybrid tuner modules to build --->
[*] Video capture adapters --->
[*] Autoselect pertinent encoders/decoders and other helper chips <M> SPCA500 USB Camera Driver
<M> SPCA501 USB Camera Driver
<M> SPCA505 USB Camera Driver
<M> SPCA506 USB Camera Driver
<M> SPCA508 USB Camera Driver
<M> SPCA561 USB Camera Driver
--- Video capture adapters
[ ] Enable advanced debug functionality
[ ] Enable old-style fixed minor ranges for video devices
[*] Autoselect pertinent encoders/decoders and other helper chips
< > Virtual Video Driver
< > BT848 Video For Linux
< > CPiA Video For Linux
< > CPiA2 Video For Linux
< > SAA5246A, SAA5281 Teletext processor
< > SAA5249 Teletext processor
< > Stradis 4:2:2 MPEG-2 video driver (EXPERIMENTAL)
< > Zoran ZR36057/36067 Video For Linux
< > Philips SAA7134 support
< > Siemens-Nixdorf 'Multimedia eXtension Board'
< > Hexium HV-PCI6 and Orion frame grabber
< > Hexium Gemini frame grabber
< > Conexant 2388x (bt878 successor) support
< > Conexant cx23885 (2388x successor) support
< > Auvitek AU0828 support
< > Conexant cx23416/cx23415 MPEG encoder/decoder support
< > Conexant cx23418 MPEG encoder support
< > Marvell 88ALP01 (Cafe) CMOS Camera Controller support
< > SoC camera support
[*] V4L USB devices --->
--- V4L USB devices
< > USB Video Class (UVC)
[ ] UVC input events device support
<M> GSPCA based webcams --->
--- GSPCA based webcams
< > ALi USB m5602 Camera Driver (NEW)
< > STV06XX USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > Conexant Camera Driver (NEW)
< > Etoms USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > Fujifilm FinePix USB V4L2 driver (NEW)
< > Mars USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > Mars-Semi MR97310A USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > OV519 USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > OV534 USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > Pixart PAC207 USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > Pixart PAC7311 USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > SN9C20X USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > SONIX Bayer USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > SONIX JPEG USB Camera Driver (NEW)
<M> SPCA500 USB Camera Driver
<M> SPCA501 USB Camera Driver
<M> SPCA505 USB Camera Driver
<M> SPCA506 USB Camera Driver
<M> SPCA508 USB Camera Driver
<M> SPCA561 USB Camera Driver
< > SQ Technologies SQ905 based USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > SQ Technologies SQ905C based USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > Syntek DV4000 (STK014) USB Camera Driver (NEW)
<M> SUNPLUS USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > T613 (JPEG Compliance) USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > TV8532 USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > VC032X USB Camera Driver (NEW)
< > ZC3XX USB Camera Driver (NEW)

[xiaweitang]

I built those drivers into the kernel instead of modules. But still the same problem.

[xiaweitang]

I have recompiled the kernel again with those drivers installed as modules. After that i have

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$ groups
wheel cron audio cdrom ftp video usb users portage

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$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:08d7 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate STX
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

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$ find /lib/modules/2.6.31-gentoo-r10/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname '*.ko' | grep video
/lib/modules/2.6.31-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_spca500.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_main.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_sunplus.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_spca508.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_spca505.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_spca501.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_spca561.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_spca506.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.31-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcvideo.ko

I tried modprobe gspca_spca5xx and gspca_sunplus one by one, but still there is no video0 in /dev. I also tried uvcvideo, no luck. The wiki said if I use udev, there should exist /dev/v4l/video0, but I don't even have /dev/v4l.

[NeddySeagoon]

xiaweitang,

Its one of these

[xiaweitang]

xiaweitang,

Its one of these

This works. Thanks!

[Astronome]

Its one of these

How did you figure this out? Helped me all these years later.