Logitech Quickcam Messenger no dice

Evanlec · 2008-10-30 00:20:49

So I have this logitech quickcam messenger, and suprise, its not working.

Anyway, i plug it in (USB), and several modules load, /dev/video0 is created, but other than that, no functionality.

Mostly when i try to run any video app I get (running motion):

[1] Failed to open video device /dev/video0: Device or resource busy

I can run cat /dev/video0 and get a lot of output streaming out, so thats a good sign. But I wonder is the device really busy or is the driver screwed up?

I'm using the quickcam_messenger module that autoloads when i plug it in.
I've also tried qcmessenger and gspca_zc3xx modules to no avail.

output of lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by
quickcam_messenger     14480  0 
usbvideo               24196  1 quickcam_messenger
compat_ioctl32          8960  1 usbvideo
videodev               33920  2 usbvideo,compat_ioctl32
v4l1_compat            13828  1 videodev
it87                   24216  0 
hwmon_vid               3712  1 it87
ext3                  122128  1 
jbd                    48552  1 ext3
mbcache                 8708  1 ext3
xfs                   473616  1 
joydev                 12784  0 
snd_usb_audio          89392  0 
snd_usb_lib            16896  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            21408  1 snd_usb_lib
usbhid                 43344  0 
hid                    33412  1 usbhid
ff_memless              6024  1 usbhid

running standard arch kernel 2.6.27 and yes my user is in the video group
I've searched google quite a bit and i've run out of ideas...so any help would be much appreciated!

Last edited by Evanlec (2008-10-30 00:24:18)

Kardell · 2009-09-04 01:10:25

Old topic, but case is up to date.
I was struggling with my own older Logitech camera Quickcam Pro. Apparently I bought the wrong one, but finally I set it up with limited functionality.
Of course the problem was the driver. No pwc, no linux-uvc and not even spca5xx. I had to compile new driver module with nw802. Actually mine was nw801, but I just had to edit one file before compilation, apply some patches, insert this module and now it works.
Please do some researches and specify correct driver for your webcam using ProductID. Logitech webcams have varied set of drivers. :-)

djszapi · 2009-09-04 21:41:04

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#1 2008-10-30 00:20:49

Logitech Quickcam Messenger no dice

#2 2009-09-04 01:10:25

Re: Logitech Quickcam Messenger no dice

#3 2009-09-04 21:41:04

Re: Logitech Quickcam Messenger no dice

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