Compiling QuickCam Drivers

This doesn't work - a work in progress

The Source Code

qc driver site

Process

• Assumes How To Compile FC5
• Untar in

 /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.15/linux-2.6.15.i586/drivers/usb/media

• Edit Kconfig by adding the following at the end

 config USB_QC
       tristate "USB Logitech Quickcam"
       depends on USB && VIDEO_DEV
       ---help---
         Say Y or M here if you want to use one of these Logitech
         webcams:

• Edit Makefile by adding the following at the end

 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_QC)            += qc-usb-0.6.6/

• Comment out the following lines at line number 3047 to get rid of a syntax error in

/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.15/linux-2.6.15.i586/drivers/usb/media/qc-usb-0.6.6/qc-driver.c

   //#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,0)	\
   //	&& LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,15)
   //	owner:		THIS_MODULE,
   //#endif

• Compile from /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.15/linux-2.6.15.i586/

 make modules

• install the module /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.15/linux-2.6.15.i586/drivers/usb/media/qc-usb-0.6.6/

 insmod quickcam.ko

• Plug in the QuickCam
• Look at /var/log/messages to see what happened
• Create the driver nodes

   mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0
   chmod a+r /dev/video0
   ln -s /dev/video0 /dev/video

• Capture an image

 vidcat -s 352x288 -p y -d/dev/video0 > test.ppm

• The above complains and I haven't figured out why

 ls: /dev/video*: No such file or directory

• When it works, I will view the image

 gthumb test.ppm &