I recently purchased a Quickcam pro 5000 and was able to get it working under Linux using the UVC Linux drivers. It looks like this is the driver you might be looking for.
http://home.mag.cx/messenger/ You should be able to build the lkm driver and insmod it with out to much trouble. You will need to have your current distro's kernel headers. -Miller On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Fred James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All > Linux 2.6.17 or 2.6.2.9 (specifically Mandriva 2007 and 2008, if that > makes a difference) > Camera: Logitech QuickCam Messenger - reported to be supported by > spca50x with a quality rating of 4 stars > (more details upon request, of course) > > Has anyone had any luck getting a WebCam running on these or similar > Linux releases? Specifically, while the driver is reported to work, I > haven't been able to fine (a) an RPM, or (b) source code that would > compile (at least not without major headaches and tooth pulling). > > Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer > Regards > Fred James > > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
