yes...udev/hotplug/etc. for gentoo, I just added spca5xx to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, along with videodev and quickcam.
that should do the job next time I reboot. in the meantime, I have it running, so life is good. thanks! :) -- William Sutton On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Timothy A. Chagnon wrote: > Yeah, you shouldn't have to load those manually. Here's a cleaned up > syslog output from just plugging in the camera in case you're > interested: > > kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 > kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 kernel: > drivers/usb/media/spca5xx/spca5xx-core.c: USB SPCA5XX camera > found.Logitech QuickCam chat (SPCA561A) > kernel: usbcore: registered new driver spca5xx kernel: > drivers/usb/media/spca5xx/spca5xx-core.c: spca5xx driver 00.57.02 > registered > usb.agent: spca5xx: loaded successfully > > I'm not up on my hotplug/udev whatnot, except to ask if you've got > udevd in your process list (you already mentioned 2.6 kernel). But > that's seems to be where your problem is. > > A little looking says try running usbmodules to see if it reports the > correct module for the plugged in device. If not, that man page says > use depmod to update /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/modules.usbmap > > Glad to be some help! > Tim > > On 1/18/06, William Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmmm....had not realized that I needed to load the spca5xx as a module. > > Once I did modprobe spca5xx (and validated that it loaded through lsmod), > > gqcam worked. > > > > Thanks! > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
