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Logitech QuickCam Messenger Webcam Installation

gilou71 Posted messages 30 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
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Hello everyone,
I have obtained a QuickCam Messenger webcam and I would like to install it.
I am using Linux Mint 18.1
Thank you in advance for your valuable advice.

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    Hello gilou71
    with Ubuntu 20.04, the QuickCam Express (a very old model!) works without the need for any installation
    but you have to use VLC or Guvcview
    with Cheese, it doesn’t work.
    That said, the image is quite blurry!
    The settings in Guvcview don’t change much.
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  2. zipe31 Posted messages 34620 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 501
     
    Hello,

    https://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/webcam

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  3. gilou71 Posted messages 30 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     
    apparently, this webcam may not be compatible with linux, but if a solution exists, I'm all ears.
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    1. zipe31 Posted messages 34620 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 501
       
      What makes you say that???
      Have you run a 
      lsusb
      in a terminal? What did it return?
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      1. gilou71 Posted messages 30 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 > zipe31 Posted messages 34620 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention  
         
        Yes, here is the response: The command "1susb" is not found, did you mean:
        The command "lsusb" from the package "usbutils" (main)
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      2. zipe31 Posted messages 34620 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 501 > gilou71 Posted messages 30 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         
        It's a she lowercase in front and not a a ;-(
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  4. gilou71 Posted messages 30 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     
    I'm sorry for this mistake, here is the correct answer this time:

    lsusb
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 007 Device 002: ID 046d:c31d Logitech, Inc. Media Keyboard K200
    Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0c45:0520 Microdia MaxTrack Wireless Mouse
    Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:08f0 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Messenger
    Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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    1. zipe31 Posted messages 34620 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 501
        
      Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:08f0 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Messenger

      All you have to do now is follow the rest of the tutorial (link above).
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  6. gilou71 Posted messages 30 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     
    Hello,
    The link takes me to the lea linux site.
    I have downloaded and unzipped "qc-usb-messenger 1.8".
    The tutorial specifies that we should find an "install" file in the unzipped archive, but I haven't seen anything.
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    1. zipe31 Posted messages 34620 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 501
       
      I primarily see this page where you can read this:




      So, normally, your webcam should work…

      Download "cheese" (
      sudo apt install cheese
      ), launch the program and come back to us ;-)
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  7. gilou71 Posted messages 30 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     
    result after launching cheese: cheese
      • (cheese:5528): WARNING **: AT-SPI: Could not obtain desktop path or name
      • (cheese:5528): WARNING **: atk-bridge: GetRegisteredEvents returned message with unknown signature
      • (cheese:5528): WARNING **: atk-bridge: get_device_events_reply: unknown signature
      • (cheese:5528): WARNING **: atk-bridge: get_device_events_reply: unknown signature


    (cheese:5528): cheese-WARNING **: Internal data stream error.: gstbasesrc.c(2948): gst_base_src_loop (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin18/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src1:
    streaming task paused, reason not-negotiated (-4)
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    1. zipe31 Posted messages 34620 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 501
       
      As you say "I got a webcam"... are we sure it works?

      If so, I don't know what else to tell you, except to go through the entire page mentioned above.
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  8. gilou71 Posted messages 30 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     
    Apparently "back then" it was supposed to work, but I'm not absolutely sure about that.
    Thank you very much for the time you spent helping me.
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