and 'The program worked in earlier versions.' is checked. then it displays \"What problems did you notice\". and select \"Troubleshoot Compatibility\", click 'Next', it goes into 'Detecting issues' for a while.
then you right-click on the install file. so it's probably not the Quickcam recorded vid that's a problem. I tried to play just a regular Windows sample video and WMP hard locked there. maybe I can get WinMediaPlayer to straighten up. it won't hard lock there anymore as well.īut Quickcam works fine. I'm going to re-install Skype (beta) the same way (Troubleshoot Compatibility), and then (maybe) when I try to confirm/adjust video settings in Skype's Options. An anomaly with my system, may not be present on yours. WinMediaPlayer hard locked and I had to hold power off for 6 secs to shutdown. when I went to play a vid I recorded with the Quickcam software, and a small version of Windows Media Player popped up and tried to play the new vid. it displays a summary and tells you to click 'Next' to try running with the settings.Īfter I finished that installation. and it displays 'What version of Windows.', I clicked Vista, and 'Next'. then it displays "What problems did you notice". and select "Troubleshoot Compatibility", click 'Next', it goes into 'Detecting issues' for a while. I have a Quickcam Deluxe for Notebooks, and downloaded the latest software from the Logitech website. Quickcam software v11.80 Works! in 'Troubleshoot Compatibility' (Vista) mode the standard reply on forums is 'we don't support beta OS's.
Got a note into Logitech asking if something's in development, and if can be a beta tester. it hard locks the whole computer (old Toshiba notebook, Satellite M55), and have to hold power switch for 6secs to force power off. anytime I fuss with video (even in Skype beta). the v11.90 (and previous) loaded into 32bit Win7, but. you can do an application luncher with this command so you don't type the command in all the time.Win7 32bit Quickcam Deluxe for Notebooks, s/w vxxx * If Skype crashes when loading the video or when testing it in the options menu, then do the folowing:īash -c 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype' ġ- The image is dark, so you need to be in a good lighted place.Ģ- Can't configure the settings of the webcam to increase the brightness, gamma or autoexpo. The webcam will work with Ekiga, aMSN and Skype. (note: "sudo" runs the command as a root user so you have to enter the password and press enter)ģ- Connect your webcam and restart your computer This is a guide or tutorial for a all newbie like me out there who does not know anything about linux and wants to install logitech Quickcam E2500 on linux openSUSE (Skype, aMSN, Ekiga).Ģ- click on "bz2" on the top of the page and wait for the download to complete.ģ- Extract the file in the desired location.
I downloaded a stable version of gspaca driver then isntalled it and then restarted my computer
The gscpa drivers were built into the 2.6.27 kernel but not all is smooth from another distro, this was reported to work