--- In David Topper <> wrote:
>
> Hey thanks,
>
> Unfortunately, I'm not running Debian. I'm working
> off an old slackware box (under a deadline). Besides,
> there is no qc-usb-xxx package for Slackware. I
> suspect it includes some of the modules I already have
> though.
>
> I have managed to compiled the pwc and pwcx drivers.
> Unfortunately, they are no longer supported. So I get
> garbled green pixels ... likely due to the fact that I
> can't load pwcx.o. That module complains, as it's
> compiled against a precompiled libpwcx.a ... which is
> compiled with gcc v2 and my kernel is compiled with
> v3, etc...
>
> So I think my Quickcam 4000 pro will simply not work
> with Linux. ;-( I'll wait for someone to hopefully
> suggest a suitable alternative.
>
IIRC the pwc project kind of died a brutal death, and was abandonded
by the original developer somewhere around v. 8 or 9. There is a
newer version of the driver around that is a single module, and
doesn't require the pwcx stuff at all.
The newer version is definitely still supported.
http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/
--Yan
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