[SOLVED] Trying to load driver for Pixart Imaging, Q-TEC WEBCAM 100

sergiuniculescu · 2011-12-21 19:25:36

Hello,

I found an usb webcam that looks like this:

$ lsusb | grep WEBCAM
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 093a:2460 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Q-TEC WEBCAM 100

So I tried to load 'stv680' module. First I've added it into rc.conf MODULES, but it fails during init stage bootstrapping, then I tried to load it manually

$ sudo modprobe stv680
Password:
FATAL: Module stv680 not found.

How can I load this driver?

Thanks!

Last edited by sergiuniculescu (2011-12-22 15:18:20)

Gusar · 2011-12-21 19:36:03

gspca is the correct module for that thing

sergiuniculescu · 2011-12-21 20:01:36

Yes, the right driver is spca5xx, but it's not working. I've loaded the 'uvcvideo' module, but nothing happend.

$ dmesg|tail
[  108.023455] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[  108.409141] gspca: v2.13.0 registered
[  108.419206] input: pac207 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/input/input9
[  108.420454] usbcore: registered new interface driver pac207
[  145.244519] process `skype' is using obsolete setsockopt SO_BSDCOMPAT

Any ideas how to make this webcam work?

Last edited by sergiuniculescu (2011-12-21 20:13:47)

Gusar · 2011-12-21 20:08:56

The problem isn't the webcam, it's skype. Search around, I've seen some hacks to make it work. No idea if they actually work though.

sergiuniculescu · 2011-12-21 20:21:20

Not necessarly skype. I've tried to broadcast live on USTREAM.TV, or open the webcam with fswebcam. But no webcam found. It says:

--- Opening /dev/video0...
Trying source module v4l2...
/dev/video0 opened.
No input was specified, using the first.
Unable to find a compatible palette format.

Gusar · 2011-12-21 20:45:11

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so fswebcam

Requires v4l-utils to be installed.

sergiuniculescu · 2011-12-21 20:49:28

It's installed

$ pacman -Q | grep v4l
v4l-utils 0.8.5-1

Gusar · 2011-12-21 21:44:16

It's not clear from your post, did the command I gave not work? Was the output exactly the same as before?

sergiuniculescu · 2011-12-21 22:01:37

It's work!

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so fswebcam
--- Opening /dev/video0...
Trying source module v4l2...
/dev/video0 opened.
No input was specified, using the first.
Adjusting resolution from 384x288 to 352x288.
--- Capturing frame...
Captured frame in 0.00 seconds.
--- Processing captured image...
There are unsaved changes to the image.

I've installed cheese, and it works perfectly, also on Google+ Hangout
But it doesn't work on skype or UPSTREAM.TV.

Thanks for helping me!

Gusar · 2011-12-21 22:28:31

For Skype, like I said, you could've found this by searching:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

A question though... are you using 64bit? In this case you'll need to install lib32-v4l-util and use one of these:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l2convert.so sykpe
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so sykpe

No idea about ustream. Did you allow flash to access your webcam? You can do that here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/docum … ger06.html

Last edited by Gusar (2011-12-21 22:36:36)

sergiuniculescu · 2011-12-22 10:38:59

Nop, I'm using 32bit. Thanks for the answer, I will try as soon as I arrive home to see if it works on skype with:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

Many thanks!

Update:
YES IT'S WORK!!!

Last edited by sergiuniculescu (2011-12-22 15:17:17)

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