QuickCam Express

[joiner]

Have QuickCam Express installed on my computer,works with Skye on Windows, but in kubuntu no web cam is showing in the Skye web cam setup, can someone please help me as i am a new to kubuntu

[dibl]

Re: QuickCam Express

Last 2 posts here:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3098024.0

fixed my Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX.

[joiner]

Re: QuickCam Express

Hi
Can you tell me how to download the patch and compile it as i am new to kubuntu

[dibl]

Re: QuickCam Express

OK, I'll try it off the top of my head -- I'm away from my Kubuntu system and stuck on a Wintel POS.

1. Download the tarball from the site in the next-to-last post there. Here's the link. Save it in your ~/home/brian directory.

2. Open the konsole.

cd /tmp

sudo mkdir gspca

cd gspca

sudo cp /home/brian/Desktop/gspca-00eae7545365.tar.bz2 .

Note 1: you can use the Tab key to complete the name of a file after entering the first few letters (paying attention to case)

Note 2: there is a period after a single space in the command -- that tells the "copy" command (cp) to copy the file to the current directory.

sudo tar -xvf gspca-00eae7545365.tar.bz2

Now, I'm a little fuzzy here -- I think you may need to change to an "install" subdirectory -- I'm not sure. You can use

ls

to show the contents of your /tmp/gspca directory (the one that you're at) and see what the files and subdirectories are. You may need to "cd" to the one named "install" -- there should also be a README file that tells you what to do. So, blithely assuming you are at the correct directory ....

sudo make

sudo make install

Now the package should be compiled and installed.

Now you install the libv4l-0 package with

sudo apt-get install libv4l-0

And let's install camorama while we're at it, for testing purposes:

sudo apt-get install camorama

So, you are now finished compiling and installing. You want to see if you camera works? Assuming your webcam is connected:

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

If camorama pops up and you see yourself, you win!

The little script that I made can be copied into kate and then you can save it in your home directory as "webcam" or something like that. Before you run it the first time, you have to make it executable with

chmod +x webcam

[joiner]

Re: QuickCam Express

keep getting this in the terminal 3rd line mkdir: cannot create directory `gspca': File exists

[joiner]

Re: QuickCam Express

do i have to create this /home/joiner directory.

[dibl]

Re: QuickCam Express

No, sorry, when I wrote /home/joiner I meant your user home directory, whatever it is called, on your system.

/home/bob

/home/joe

/home/johannes

whatever.

[dibl]

Re: QuickCam Express

keep getting this in the terminal 3rd line mkdir: cannot create directory `gspca': File exists

Well, at /tmp$ if you do

ls

do you see a directory named "gspca"? If so, you must have already made it. So copy your tarball into it and start from there.

[joiner]

Re: QuickCam Express

hi having no luck keep getting this
brian@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmp
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ sudo mkdir gspca
[sudo] password for brian:
mkdir: cannot create directory `gspca': File exists
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ cd gspca
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/joiner/gsp{Tab key to complete} .
cp: cannot stat `/home/joiner/gsp{Tab': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `key': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `to': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `complete}': No such file or directory
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo tar -xvf gsp{Tab key to complete}
tar: gsp{Tab: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$

[dibl]

Re: QuickCam Express

:P

This is where live training would be way more effective!

OK, at your /tmp/gspca$ prompt, you type "sudo cp /home/brian/gsp" then you press your Tab key, and it will finish the name of that downloaded tarball file, and then you press the period key to put a period there, and then you press Enter to execute the command. I just figured out your user name is "brian" so that's the one to use where I previously wrote "joiner".

[joiner]

Re: QuickCam Express

sorry but i must still be doing something wrong

brian@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmp
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ sudo mkdir gspca
mkdir: cannot create directory `gspca': File exists
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ cd gspca
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/gsp{Tab key to complete} .
./ ../
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/gsp{Tab key to complete} .
./ ../
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/gsp{Tab key to complete} .
./ ../
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/gsp{Tab key to complete} .
./ ../
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/gsp{Tab key to complete} .
./ ../
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/gsp{Tab key to complete} .
cp: cannot stat `/home/brian/gsp{Tab': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `key': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `to': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `complete}': No such file or directory
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo tar -xvf gsp{Tab key to complete}
tar: gsp{Tab: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ ls
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo apt-get install libv4l-0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libv4l-0 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo apt-get install camorama
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
camorama is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so camorama
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ chmod +x webcam
chmod: cannot access `webcam': No such file or directory
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$

[dibl]

Re: QuickCam Express

brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/gsp{Tab key to complete} .

OK, when you type "sudo cp /home/brian/gsp" and then you press the Tab key on your keyboard, what do you see?

[joiner]

Re: QuickCam Express

brian@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmp
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ sudo mkdir gspca
[sudo] password for brian:
mkdir: cannot create directory `gspca': File exists
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ cd gspca
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/gsp{Tab key to complete} .sudo cp /home/brian/gsp
cp: target `/home/brian/gsp' is not a directory
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$

[dibl]

Re: QuickCam Express

OK, I have failed to communicate.


I edited the instruction to provide the complete file name of the tarball. Try it again as you see it now.

[joiner]

Re: QuickCam Express

Hi
Thanks for your help but still having trouble, when i have downloaded the gspca file to check the file is there i press computer, home. /home/brian then it opens there, but the file is in the desktop folder,every time a press the TAB key nothing happends,

brian@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmp
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ sudo mkdir gspca
mkdir: cannot create directory `gspca': File exists
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ cd gspca
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/gspca-00eae7545365.tar.bz2 .gspca
cp: cannot stat `/home/brian/gspca-00eae7545365.tar.bz2': No such file or directory
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$