Using Logitech QuickCam Messenger with Tiger/Classic 9...

I just received this webcam from my daughter and found on installing the disk that it will only work with OS9....I have the Classic 9 installed on this Powerbook, but is this the same as OS9...as when I try to intall it in the Applications OS9 it will not proceed...is there another way to do this ?

What sig says is good. However, sometimes Classic is not the same as being booted natively to OS9, which your computer is incapable of doing. I don't know about this camera but true OS9 items sometimes need access to the computer hardware and basic resources on a fundamental level. In Classic it is really OSX that is running the system and the interface to the basic features is not the same as when OS9 is running the show.
Are you running the installer from inside Classic? If not, that might be a problem. Otherwise it is possible the installer is doing a check for which operating system is running the computer and finding it is not OS9. Workarounds might depend upon the sophistication of the installer. Sometimes an installer just copies files out of a folder and puts them where they belong. In that case you could just copy them out yourself. On the other end of the scale it may be a compressed archive package installer, in which case if you wish to experiment further you would have to find an OS9 computer, install on there, then copy the components out and copy them into the correct places on your OSX machine.

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USB device (Logitech QuickCam Messenger) stopped working (SOLVED)

Hey there,
I have a logitech quickcam messenger, which used to work perfectly 2 days ago. I updated my system yesterday and this morning, but I tried the cam again only now, and neither cheese nor webcamstudio work anymore (it never worked in skype since I moved from Mint to Arch a few weeks ago, but that was easily (and better) addressed by starting cheese and then using desktop sharing in Skype)
The webcam is recognized
sammy@Cosmic-Bandito ~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 046d:08da Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Messanger
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 056a:00d4 Wacom Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB [Hama]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c513 Logitech, Inc. MX3000 Cordless Desktop Receiver
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c51a Logitech, Inc. MX Revolution/G7 Cordless Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
/dev/video and /dev/video0 are created.
cheese only shows a black window and spits out :
sammy@Cosmic-Bandito ~/Videos/Webcam$ cheese
libv4l2: error turning on stream: Input/output error
webcamstudio hangs when I try to start the preview and its output is :
libv4l2: error turning on stream: Input/output error
USB Camera (046d:08da) Error: BaseSrc: [v4l2src0],5, Error starting streaming on device '/dev/video0'.
EDIT: that's the output of dmesg when I reconnect the webcam (after having disconnected it obviously) :
[ 2216.282753] hub 1-1:1.0: state 7 ports 4 chg 0000 evt 0010
[ 2216.283231] hub 1-1:1.0: port 4, status 0101, change 0001, 12 Mb/s
[ 2216.387861] hub 1-1:1.0: debounce: port 4: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x101
[ 2216.450867] usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11
[ 2216.462234] hub 1-1:1.0: port 4 not reset yet, waiting 10ms
[ 2216.537006] usb 1-1.4: ep0 maxpacket = 8
[ 2216.538992] usb 1-1.4: skipped 4 descriptors after interface
[ 2216.538994] usb 1-1.4: skipped 2 descriptors after interface
[ 2216.538996] usb 1-1.4: skipped 1 descriptor after endpoint
[ 2216.538998] usb 1-1.4: skipped 2 descriptors after interface
[ 2216.539000] usb 1-1.4: skipped 1 descriptor after endpoint
[ 2216.539006] usb 1-1.4: udev 11, busnum 1, minor = 10
[ 2216.539008] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=08da
[ 2216.539010] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 2216.539081] usb 1-1.4: usb_probe_device
[ 2216.539084] usb 1-1.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2216.539364] usb 1-1.4: adding 1-1.4:1.0 (config #1, interface 0)
[ 2216.539400] zc3xx 1-1.4:1.0: usb_probe_interface
[ 2216.539402] zc3xx 1-1.4:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id
[ 2216.539404] gspca: probing 046d:08da
[ 2217.384009] zc3xx: probe 2wr ov vga 0x0000
[ 2217.407008] zc3xx: probe sensor -> 0011
[ 2217.407010] zc3xx: Find Sensor HV7131R(c)
[ 2217.407304] input: zc3xx as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.1/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/input/input14
[ 2217.407372] gspca: video0 created
[ 2217.407374] gspca: found int in endpoint: 0x82, buffer_len=8, interval=10
[ 2217.407381] usb 1-1.4: link qh8-0601/f6f9e240 start 5 [1/2 us]
[ 2217.407401] usb 1-1.4: adding 1-1.4:1.1 (config #1, interface 1)
[ 2217.407438] zc3xx 1-1.4:1.1: usb_probe_interface
[ 2217.407441] zc3xx 1-1.4:1.1: usb_probe_interface - got id
[ 2217.407443] gspca: probing 046d:08da
[ 2217.407455] snd-usb-audio 1-1.4:1.1: usb_probe_interface
[ 2217.407458] snd-usb-audio 1-1.4:1.1: usb_probe_interface - got id
[ 2217.410813] usb 1-1.4: adding 1-1.4:1.2 (config #1, interface 2)
[ 2217.410855] drivers/usb/core/inode.c: creating file '011'
EDIT 2: Just tried the webcam on another computer, and it works there. so it's not the hardware
any ideas? I'm pretty desperate, as this is the only way for me to keep in touch with my kids at the moment
Last edited by SammyF (2010-05-28 20:44:15)

SOLVED : really stupid problem, but well... I'll completement my post and leave it for anybody who might hit the same problem :
dmesg looked like this when after I started cheese :
[ 3815.848011] usb 1-1.4: unlink qh8-3008/ec236980 start 0 [1/2 us]
[ 3815.848995] gspca: found int in endpoint: 0x82, buffer_len=8, interval=10
[ 3815.849001] usb 1-1.4: link qh8-0601/f6848ec0 start 1 [1/2 us]
[ 3816.696230] zc3xx: probe 2wr ov vga 0x0000
[ 3816.917369] ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: iso sched full f0049c00 (now 652 max 2700)
[ 3816.917377] gspca: bandwidth not wide enough - trying again
[ 3816.938010] gspca: no transfer endpoint found
The (not so obvious) solution was to connect the webcam directly to the computer and not through a USB hub. I have no idea why it used to work and suddenly stopped, but it works again now.
sorry to take up your time, in case I did.
Last edited by SammyF (2010-05-28 20:44:56)

Logitech Quickcam Messenger no dice

So I have this logitech quickcam messenger, and suprise, its not working.
Anyway, i plug it in (USB), and several modules load, /dev/video0 is created, but other than that, no functionality.
Mostly when i try to run any video app I get (running motion):
[1] Failed to open video device /dev/video0: Device or resource busy
I can run cat /dev/video0 and get a lot of output streaming out, so thats a good sign. But I wonder is the device really busy or is the driver screwed up?
I'm using the quickcam_messenger module that autoloads when i plug it in.
I've also tried qcmessenger and gspca_zc3xx modules to no avail.
output of lsmod:
Module Size Used by
quickcam_messenger 14480 0
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compat_ioctl32 8960 1 usbvideo
videodev 33920 2 usbvideo,compat_ioctl32
v4l1_compat 13828 1 videodev
it87 24216 0
hwmon_vid 3712 1 it87
ext3 122128 1
jbd 48552 1 ext3
mbcache 8708 1 ext3
xfs 473616 1
joydev 12784 0
snd_usb_audio 89392 0
snd_usb_lib 16896 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi 21408 1 snd_usb_lib
usbhid 43344 0
hid 33412 1 usbhid
ff_memless 6024 1 usbhid
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I've searched google quite a bit and i've run out of ideas...so any help would be much appreciated!
Last edited by Evanlec (2008-10-30 00:24:18)

Old topic, but case is up to date.
I was struggling with my own older Logitech camera Quickcam Pro. Apparently I bought the wrong one, but finally I set it up with limited functionality.
Of course the problem was the driver. No pwc, no linux-uvc and not even spca5xx. I had to compile new driver module with nw802. Actually mine was nw801, but I just had to edit one file before compilation, apply some patches, insert this module and now it works.
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