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Logitech QuickCam USB Support For Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the support-mah-hardware! dept.

LapTop006 asks:"I am creating a Webcam that can be remotely panned and tilted. The camera is a Logitech Quick Cam USB and I want to be able to run the system on Linux as it would be easiest to control the camera using CGI through Apache. If I am unable to get working USB drivers for the camera, then I will have to run the system on PWS for Win 98. So I need to know whether drivers are available for the camera, or else whether I have to go crawling back to Microsoft." You might want to check out gPhoto, which has support for over 100 digital cameras (although the Logitech hasn't made it into the list yet). Does anyone have anymore information on the Quickcam?

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  1. Re:Slightly OT, but not really. It's I2C. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2
    The GATOS project (for ATI TV tuners) has (at least some) I2C bus support. I see the following messages when I start xatitv:

    IBTK version 0.0.14
    XServer Vendor: The XFree86 Project, Inc. Release: 3360,
    Protocol Version: 11, Revision: 0,
    Available Screen(s): 1,
    Depth: 16.
    GATOS version 0.0.5
    Homepage: http://www.core.binghamton.edu/~insomnia/gatos/
    PCI card @ 0:11:0: ATI 3D Rage II+DVD (Mach64 GU):
    ==> FrameBuffer @ 0xFE000000, Registers @ 0xFFAFF000, BIOS @ 0xFFAC0000
    ==> RefClock 14.318180 MHz, Max Scaler Clock 100 MHz, Max Scaler Width 720
    ==> 2048 kilobytes of Video RAM
    ==> Mach64 BIOS MultiMedia Table: 55 AA 40 EB 7B
    TV Out: No ImpacTV chip (ID read was 8B)
    CPU speed is 332 BogoMIPS
    Using Type B (GP_IO Register) I2C Bus Driver
    ==> Screen 960x720+0+0, Dotclock 90.247922 MHz, Scaler Clock Factor 1
    I2C unit @ 0x70: Stand-Alone Capture Board
    I2C unit @ 0x82: TDA8425 Stereo Audio Processor
    I2C unit @ 0x88: Bt829A/B Video Decoder, Revision 3
    I2C unit @ 0xC0: NTSC M/N Tuner Module (Samsung TCPN7082PC27A)
    video memory protecting

    I don't know anything about a generic driver, but you may be able to copy some code off of them.

  2. Re:Slightly OT, but not really. It's I2C. by drix · · Score: 2

    The cryptically titled "Linux Device Drivers" might be a start.

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    I think there is a world market for maybe five personal web logs.
  3. Doesn't look like it (for USB anyway) by nicktamm · · Score: 2

    According to this post on the linux-kernel mailing list, Logitech doesn't want to release the information necessary to make a driver. But, there is hope, since Logitech has been known to do the right thing before.

  4. Slightly OT, but not really. It's I2C. by z4ce · · Score: 2

    I have an Asus videocapture card. The Asus 3400TNT/TV. The videocapture uses the i2c bus. Now, I have written asus, and they told me the chipset specifications are open, and the bus is i2c, which is also open. I have absolutely zero expeirence in writing device drivers and such. So, I have two questions: is there plans to make a generic pci i2c interface driver? (or is this question dumb?) I know the chipset is the Philips SAA7111, the same one the buz uses. So how can use the existing SAA7111 and make it use the i2c bus? And.. where can I find information on writing device drivers period?