I'm a Slackware 12.2 user and I'd like to install my Logiteck Quick Cam installed in it. I've already downloaded the drivers (uvcvideo-326c773da16d), but I don't know what steps to take after unpacking them.

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I believe your cam is already detected by the kernel provided with Slackware 12.2. You might try to write the output of lspci here.

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:0a.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. Unknown device 2702 (rev 01)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01)
root@tgklohn:/home/tklohn#

How can I know and what to do then?

id product and vendor??

I think the output of 'lsusb' might be more useful. The uvc project has been merged into the kernel which 12.2 is using, so unless your webcam requires bleeding edge drivers it should be detected when you plug it in your computer.

If it is detected, opening kopete and going through configure -> video you should be able to see whatever the webcam is seeing.

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 046d:08ae Logitech, Inc. QuickCam for Notebooks
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 03f0:0a01 Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 2400c
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 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Well, as you can see, it's a QuickCam for Notebooks that I want to install. I've been using it in my desktop computer for the last two years. It used to work perfectly in my Kubuntu 7.10, but then I decided to move into a more serious distro, and that's why I'm using Slackware 12.2 now. I knew that with SLACK it wouldn't be like magic to have my computer set, but I want to learn how things work and how to make them work.

Look here:
http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentat...inux/gspca.txt
and search for the number of the vendor and product, but.......as far i can see, uses the module gspca_zc3xx, try it, is in slack12.2
and i recomend you to download this one
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12...raries/libv4l/

and run the apps with LD_PRELOAD=/where/installs/the/libv4l

for example:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

good luck

maybe my comment in this post will help

specialized did you check my comments in your webcam post?

yeah

As a matter of fact, none of the posts you suggested could provide me with the sort of help I need, as I'm still learning how to use the terminal and its commands. Later tonight, when I get back from work, I'm gonna install the driver you told me about. Could you explain me a bit more about "LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat"?

as specialized pointed out the kernelmodule gspca-zc3xx supports your webcam. plug in your webcam and in a terminal do the command
loads a v4l emulator library on top of the newer v4l2 drivers into the program. you may need this if you want to run apps which do not support v4l2.