Help with Logitech Quickcam USB Camera
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:35 am
Hello,
I'm new here, but I did a lot of searching and working first so hopefully won't get booed right away. I got a Logitech Quickcam from goodwill a couple weeks back and am having a few issues with it; I'm hoping someone has an idea of what to do.
ZM is running and works great through another Wanscam IP camera. Worse case, I'll just buy more of those, but this webcam was $3 so it was worth the shot. I found that the cam is connected to the box:
And that the driver is in existance:
But when I try to take a snapshot of what the camera sees via this command:
(tried to post link but forum won't let me)
vgrabbj -l 10 -C -f testpic.jpg -d /dev/video0 -F 4
It reads "Forking for daemon mode", creates the file with 0 bytes, and the log reads:
When I try to run ZM, I get all kinds of corrupt JPEG data messages, but that shouldn't stop me from seeing anything right? The light on the webcam doesn't turn on (like it did when I tested the camera on a Windows machine just to make sure it works) and it's jut a black square if I look at the monitor...
edit: And, by the way, the system is headless, so I'd have to see the webcam work (or a snapshot moved to the web folder) via http...
Any help is much appreciated!!
PS: A viable answer is "Throw away the webcam"
I'm new here, but I did a lot of searching and working first so hopefully won't get booed right away. I got a Logitech Quickcam from goodwill a couple weeks back and am having a few issues with it; I'm hoping someone has an idea of what to do.
ZM is running and works great through another Wanscam IP camera. Worse case, I'll just buy more of those, but this webcam was $3 so it was worth the shot. I found that the cam is connected to the box:
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freddythunder@crunchbang:/var/log$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:08ad Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate STX
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freddythunder@crunchbang:/var/log$ lsmod | grep "gspca"
gspca_zc3xx 36804 0
gspca_main 15775 1 gspca_zc3xx
videodev 25605 1 gspca_main
usbcore 99329 8 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,gspca_zc3xx,gspca_main,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
(tried to post link but forum won't let me)
vgrabbj -l 10 -C -f testpic.jpg -d /dev/video0 -F 4
It reads "Forking for daemon mode", creates the file with 0 bytes, and the log reads:
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Dec 22 22:00:47 crunchbang vgrabbj[2832]: vgrabbj started, reading from /dev/video0
Dec 22 22:00:49 crunchbang kernel: [ 1461.208039] zc3xx: probe 2wr ov vga 0x0000
Dec 22 22:00:50 crunchbang kernel: [ 1462.040050] vgrabbj[2832] general protection ip:b7753ca1 sp:bf83fa1c error:0 in libc-2.11.3.so[b76df000+140000]Code: Select all
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmdc[3566]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' starting at 12/12/23 00:37:58, pid = 3589]
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmdc[3589]: INF ['zmc -d /dev/video0' started at 12/12/23 00:37:58]
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmc_dvideo0[3589]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = <none>]
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmc_dvideo0[3589]: INF [Starting Capture]
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmc_dvideo0[3589]: WAR [Hue control is not supported]
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmc_dvideo0[3589]: WAR [Saturation control is not supported]
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmdc[3566]: INF ['zmc -m 2' starting at 12/12/23 00:37:58, pid = 3592]
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmdc[3592]: INF ['zmc -m 2' started at 12/12/23 00:37:58]
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmc_m2[3592]: INF [Debug Level = 0, Debug Log = <none>]
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmc_m2[3592]: INF [Starting Capture]
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmc_m2[3592]: WAR [Corrupt JPEG data: 1 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9]
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmdc[3566]: INF ['zmfilter.pl' starting at 12/12/23 00:37:58, pid = 3595]
Dec 23 00:37:58 crunchbang zmdc[3595]: INF ['zmfilter.pl' started at 12/12/23 00:37:58]
Dec 23 00:37:59 crunchbang zmc_m2[3592]: WAR [Corrupt JPEG data: 1 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9]
Dec 23 00:37:59 crunchbang zmdc[3566]: INF ['zmaudit.pl -c' starting at 12/12/23 00:37:59, pid = 3598]
Dec 23 00:37:59 crunchbang zmdc[3598]: INF ['zmaudit.pl -c' started at 12/12/23 00:37:59]
Dec 23 00:37:59 crunchbang zmc_m2[3592]: WAR [Corrupt JPEG data: 1 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9]
Dec 23 00:37:59 crunchbang zmfilter[3595]: INF [Scanning for events]
Dec 23 00:37:59 crunchbang zmc_m2[3592]: WAR [Corrupt JPEG data: 2 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9]
Dec 23 00:37:59 crunchbang zmdc[3566]: INF ['zmwatch.pl' starting at 12/12/23 00:37:59, pid = 3601]
Dec 23 00:37:59 crunchbang zmdc[3601]: INF ['zmwatch.pl' started at 12/12/23 00:37:59]
Dec 23 00:38:00 crunchbang zmc_m2[3592]: WAR [Corrupt JPEG data: 1 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9]
Dec 23 00:38:00 crunchbang zmwatch[3601]: INF [Watchdog starting]
Dec 23 00:38:00 crunchbang zmwatch[3601]: INF [Watchdog pausing for 30 seconds]
Dec 23 00:38:00 crunchbang zmc_m2[3592]: WAR [Corrupt JPEG data: 2 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9]
Dec 23 00:38:00 crunchbang kernel: [10892.059654] zc3xx: probe 2wr ov vga 0x0000
Dec 23 00:38:00 crunchbang zmc_m2[3592]: WAR [Corrupt JPEG data: 1 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9]
Dec 23 00:38:00 crunchbang zmc_m2[3592]: WAR [Corrupt JPEG data: 1 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9]
Dec 23 00:38:00 crunchbang zmc_m2[3592]: WAR [Corrupt JPEG data: 2 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9]
Dec 23 00:38:01 crunchbang zmc_dvideo0[3589]: INF [Got signal 11 (Segmentation fault), crashing]
Dec 23 00:38:01 crunchbang zmdc[3566]: ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video0' exited abnormally, exit status 11]Any help is much appreciated!!
PS: A viable answer is "Throw away the webcam"