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Just did some test with my notebook. My cam is a Vesta Pro (PCVC680K). For a fresh COL 3.1.1 install you have to: Get the pwcx-i386 module (http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/release.html#pwcx) and put it in /lib/modules/2.4.13/kernel/drivers/usb Then, edit /etc/modules.conf and add the following lines: options pwc size=sif fps=15 power_save=1 post-install pwc insmod -f pwcx-i386 These lines will set the driver to 320x240@15fps and enable power saving. You can get all the options available from: http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/install.html#param After that, download the latest version of xawtv (it should be 3.56 and the version shiped with COL 3.1.1 is 3.53). You canget it from http://bytesex.org/xawtv/ (latest is 3.74) I used: ./configure --enable-xfree-ext --enable-xvideo && make && make install (run make install as root) But don't forget to do rpm -e xawtv to remove the old package!!! Optional: use checkinstall instead of make install to make binary RPMS Finally, remember to chmod 0666 /dev/video* to be able to use your webcam as a normal user. That's it. On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 09:44:11 -0700, Net Llama! wrote: >Actually, Joel, i finally got the camera working last night at 1AM. For >anyone else's benefit (i'll writeup a SxS eventually with alot more >details), here's what i had to do to get this Philips 690 functional: >1) Build 2.4.18 from source with video4linux (v4l) module *AND* >philips-web-cam (pwc). Also build the modules for USB support (usbcore >and usb-uhci). >2) Activate DGA and v4l in XF86Config (and restart X). >3) Build & install hotplug and xawtv >4) Setup /dev/video0 with correct major/minor numbers >5) Load all the relevant modules, in this order: >pwc, pwcx-i386, videodev, usbcore, usb-uhci > >It looks to me that the bttv module is only needed if you have a TV >tuner card, otherwise it has no purpose. > >I've now got a few remaining problems. The first is how to get the >modules to load in the correct order via modules.conf. modprobing >usb-uhci doesn't load pwce. modprobing pwce doesn't load usb-uhci. So >basically its a 2 step process, and i can't quite figure out the correct >aliases in modules.conf to make it load in the correct order. > >THe 2nd is that xawtv refuses to obey the resolution parameter that i'm >feeding it: >xawtv -geometry 352x288-0+0 >and keeps defaulting back to 128x96 (which looks like crap). My camera >is definitely capable of doing 640x480 @16fps, so its not a hardware >limitation. I'm seeing this error from xawtv as it defaults to the >lesser resolution: >ioctl: VIDIOCMCAPTURE(0,fmt=7,size=128x96): Invalid argument > >Even if i run it without the higher resolution , the same error appears. > >And the final error is occuring whenver i try to take a snapshot with >the camera: >JPEG parameter struct mismatch: library thinks size is 372, caller >expects 376 > >My research seems to indicate that this is a bug in an older version of >libjpeg (like version 6a). However, i've got libjpeg-6b-18 which is >basically the newest stable release, so i'm stumped. > >Any suggestions or ideas are quite welcome. Thanks! > >Joel Hammer wrote: >> I have no idea how many of my comments are relevant to your webcam problem >> but you did say "anybody." >> I have a video capture card. >> I have the same /dev/video0 device and a videodev module loaded. I am using kwintv, >> not xawtv, but xawtv seems to need the bttv driver, which you don't list >> with lsmod. >> Here is the complete list of modules I have for my video capture card and >> for my usb game pad: >> bttv 57508 0 (unused) >> tuner 3988 1 >> tda9875 2380 0 (unused) >> tda7432 2560 0 (unused) >> msp3400 13620 0 (unused) >> videodev 2944 2 [bttv] >> i2c-algo-bit 7444 1 [bttv] >> i2c-dev 4080 0 (unused) >> i2c-core 12556 0 [bttv tuner tda9875 tda7432 msp3400 >> i2c-algo-bit i2c-dev] >> hid 12016 0 (unused) >> usb-uhci 21720 0 (unused) >> usbcore 27940 0 [hid usb-uhci] >> evdev 3624 0 (unused) >> joydev 6212 0 (unused) >> input 3264 0 [hid evdev joydev] >> >> Have you visited the xawtv home page? > >-- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >L. 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