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Quickcam Messenger (vendor id 046d, product id 08f0)

The following procedure makes a logitech webcam "quickcam messenger" work... The procedure has been successfully tested on debian/sarge and debian/ubuntu.
sudo apt-get install -y tv-fonts xawtv xawtv-plugins
if grep ubuntu /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null;then
   prefix=linux
else
   prefix=kernel
fi
sudo apt-get install $prefix-headers-`uname -r` 
sudo su -
echo videodev >> /etc/modules
echo quickcam >> /etc/modules
modprobe videodev
exit
TMPDIR=/tmp/quickCamMessenger
mkdir -p $TMPDIR
cd $TMPDIR
wget http://home.mag.cx/messenger/source/qc-usb-messenger-0.8.tar.gz
tar -xzvf qc-usb-messenger*
cd qc-usb-messenger*
perl -pi -e 's/0870/0870 \|:08f0/' quickcam.sh
./quickcam.sh

 

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