Hi Jörg,

On Tuesday 25 September 2007, Jörg Hermsdorf wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I got a Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX today (Device ID: 046d:08d7).
> I tried to use it on openSUSE 10.3 (Kernel 2.6.22.5) but it seems like no
> /dev/video device is setup when I plug the cam in. 'dmesg' gives me the
> following:
>
> usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 7
> usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8
> usb 2-1: new device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08d7
> usb 2-1: new device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
> usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>
> (I also attached the output of 'lsusb -vvv -d 046d:08d7' as a file to this
> email)
>
> Did anybody get this model working? Any ideas why no /dev/video device is
> setup by the driver for this model? (I also have a QuickCam Sphere MP
> which works fine on the same machine, so it must have something to do
> with this specific model). I can still return this cam and get my money
> back, so I would like to know if this model is supported or will be
> supported by the uvcvideo module or if I should better return it and
> get another model?

Your webcam doesn't follow the UVC standard, so it isn't (and won't be) 
supported by the Linux UVC driver.

Have a look at the SPCA5xx driver. Looking at 
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html it should support your webcam.

Best regards,

Laurent Pinchart
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