Install USB camera driver in Fedora Linux

When using kopete for chatting, you need to open your own camera. How can you install a driver in Linux? Come with me for three minutes and do not worry that your camera has no driver, how to enjoy video chat in Linux!

Download the universal driverProgram
Gspcav-20070110 (this driver supports 2.6.11 or later kernel versions) File Name: gspcav1-20070110.tar.gz
Spca5xx-20060501 (this driver supports kernel versions earlier than 2.6.11) File Name: spca5xx-20060501.tar.gz
Download [USB Linux universal driver]

View camera information in kopete Configuration

No camera is available in the device bar, and the image preview window is displayed as a blue screen.

Install the USB Linux camera driver

Now released Linux system kernel are in 2.6.11 after, so directly download the Gspcav-20070110 !!

We recommend that you detach the camera before installing it.Source codeDecompress/opt to a directory and compile it in the terminal!
# Make
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# Make install
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After compilation, plug in the camera and open kopete to view the camera configuration. You can see that the camera is working normally. In the video device configuration, display the device, output, standard, and other information.

Okay. After installing the camera, start chatting now ~~

Note:
Before compilation and installation, make sure that the kernel-devel package is installed in the system. After the package is installed, a kernels directory is generated in/usr/src, there is a directory of the system kernel version you are currently using. Create a new directory "build" in/lib/modules/kernel version ", copy all the files in the kernel version directory you just mentioned to the "build" directory to ensure that GCC, glibc-devel, glibc-headers, and libgomp packages are installed. Next, compile! Generally, it's okay.

Next, load the module!
Enter
# Modprobe gspca/loading Module

Install the camera Application
Spcaview
[Http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/download/]
Spcaview: recording/playing data streams
Spcaserv: Streaming Media Server
Spcacat: image capturing Tool
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SDL is required for spcaview installation. If SDL-devel is not installed, compilation will fail!
SDL Website: [http://www.libsdl.org]
Install the SDK through the system software package Source: Yum install SDL-devel
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Use spcaview to test the camera's working status
# Spcaview-D/dev/video0-F jpg-s 320x240

Use spcaview to capture video streams
# Spcaview-f yuv-O spcaview. Avi

Video-supported software:
You can try to install software such as amsn and kopete.