gspca module for webcam

CGarces · posted: 2013-04-23 19:55

Hi!

I'm trying to use my web cam

# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 041e:4053 Creative Technology, Ltd Live! Cam Video IM

Searching on google looks like I need gspca module
I have get the source code from
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but looks outdated, not works on newer kernels.

There is any way to include the gspca module?

anticapitalista · posted: 2013-04-23 20:43

Which version of antiX are you using?

There re lots of gspca modules included in the kernel

CGarces · posted: 2013-04-23 22:10

The beta version from 24 March

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$ uname -r
3.6.11-antix.1-486-smp

lsmod | grep gspca not return anything

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root@antiX1:/home/user# modprobe gspca
FATAL: Module gspca not found.

BitJam · posted: 2013-04-23 22:15

The lsmod command only lists modules that are currently loaded.

Try:

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find /lib/modules/$(uname -r) -name"*gspca*.ko"

edit: You can also do:

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 zgrep GSPCA /proc/config.gz

to find all possible gscpa modules. Almost all of them are included in antiX.

edit-2: It's possible your device is UVC compliant. If you, you can use the
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. They give
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on how to tell if you have a UVC device or not.

CGarces · posted: 2013-04-24 00:24

ok, now some modules are loaded... but i don't know why.

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$ lsmod | grep gspca
gspca_zc3xx            32399  1 
gspca_main             14652  2 gspca_zc3xx
videodev               66116  3 gspca_main,gspca_zc3xx

I'm using skype (it's mandatory for this instalation)
The webcam is detected at /dev/video0 but I can't see the image.

There is some simple app to test the webcam? I have test guvcview but minimun setup fails (I don't know what means)

BitJam · posted: 2013-04-24 01:21

The UVC instructions I linked to above said to run:

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 lsusb -v -d 041e:4053 | grep"14 Video"

Did this produce any output? If not then none of the uvc programs (including guvcview) will work.

If you did get output and you want to use UVC then you must unload (and blacklist) the gspca modules and use the uvcvideo driver instead.

CGarces · posted: 2013-04-24 10:01

I got it

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Driver used is gspca_zc3xx but I must load libv4l-0
"LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype"

Now I have skype working on my 10 years old computer.

I'll check the idea of unload gspca modules and use the uvcvideo.

Un saludo
Carlos Garcés

BitJam · posted: 2013-04-24 18:47

Congrats! Good work.