Microsoft lifecam vx 1000 linux

$ tar xfvj gspca- .bz2

$ sudo make install && reboot

$ sudo lsmod | grep gspca

5. Make Skype work

If Skype still does not work, you need to help it to get there.

You need to force Skype to use the v4l1 compatibility layer, it is not yet compatible with v4l2 apparently. So you have to set the LC_PRELOAD environment variable to /usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so if you are on a 32 bits system or /usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so if you are on a 64 bits system. To just try it, open a terminal and type:

$ sudo mv /usr/bin/skype /usr/bin/skype_real

$ sudo echo LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype_real > /usr/bin/skype

$ sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/skype

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This helps a lot, and I made my cam to work perfect with skype and cheese. I have other problem. When I run Chrome or Mozilla on Ubuntu 10.04, I cant see my cam in the flash player. The solutions:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so firefox &
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so google-chrome

This solutions work fine and after running this in the terminal I can see my cam.
My question is: Can you help me make this load permanent so I dont have to execute the command every time I want to stream my cam on Chrome or Firefox.

This guide seems very useful, but unfortunately I can’t find the link you are referring to in http://linuxtv.org/hg/

hgoede/gspca/.. When I save the only bz2 link I see on the page it is only 7 kb in size,, Can’t extract it either.. If I left click on it then it goes into an endless loop that refers to the same page!! How have the other managed to do this?

first of all thanks for your guide.
i tried to use it, but i have 2 problems:
– those links don’t work ( http://linuxtv.org/hg/

jfrancois/gspca/ )
but i take from this http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz found with google.
– i have those errors using “make” & “sudo make install && reboot”
i sure i make some mistakes but i don’t know which one.
could you help me? thanks
gianni

/gspcav1-20071224$ make
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/home/gianni/gspcav1-20071224 CC=cc modules
make[1]: ingresso nella directory «/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic»
CC [M] /home/gianni/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o
/home/gianni/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:54: fatal error: asm/semaphore.h: Nessun file o directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [/home/gianni/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o] Errore 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/gianni/gspcav1-20071224] Errore 2
make[1]: uscita dalla directory «/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic»
make: *** [default] Errore 2
gianni@gianni-desktop:

/gspcav1-20071224$ sudo make install && reboot
mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/spca5xx.ko
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca.ko
install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
install: impossibile fare stat di `gspca.ko’: Nessun file o directory
make: *** [install] Errore 1
gianni@gianni-desktop:

Your archive seems to be from 2007, probably not compatible with the latest kernels.
You could just try to clone this http://git.linuxtv.org/jfrancois/gspca.git and then compile.

thanks, when i’ll come at home i’ll try from my desktop
and then write here if it work.
thanks

Allora come è andata?
Io ho gli stessi errori su Maverick 32bit.

when I type in sudo echo LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype_real > /usr/bin/skype permission is denied. but i was able to view my web cam in skype. I just can’t make the permanent change.

If you have troubles, instead of touching the /usr/bin/skype file or link, you can just create a quick script launch_skype.sh on your desktop or within your home that contains just:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype

This worked for me except the last bit with the echoing, I just opened up a text editor with sudo and made the script manually.
Webcam now works, thanks!

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Hello,
I’m a new UBUNTU 32bit user. Here are some HW details:
ASUS M2V, ATHLON/Opteron 64X2, NVIDIA 7300LE, MS Lifecam VX1000, Trust USB Card (my MoBo has usb port but there was a time I needed some more), Firewire card VT6306.

Speaking about MS Lifecam VX1000 ID: 045e:00f7

I was loosing any hopes then I looked at http://moinejf.free.fr/webcam.html and it reports my cam as WORKING. But no /dev/video#? showed in my system, but green led on the camera was ON.

So I had a look in the system and find out these modules loaded:
— snd_usb_audio — which sounds good because this cam have a mic
— sn9c102 — which didn’t seem good because the official driver is gspca_sonixj

I activated v4l debug by:
echo 0x0f >/sys/module/gspca_main/parameters/debug

and here’s what I read in dmesg:
sn9c102: V4L2 driver for SN9C1xx PC Camera Controllers v1:1.47pre49
usb 1-1: SN9C105 PC Camera Controller detected (vid id 0x045E:0x00F7)
usb 1-1: No supported image sensor detected for this bridge

No good. because official information say it must be sonixj driver.

So I went to /etc/modprobe.d/ and wrote to blacklist-custom (which was empty):
blacklist sn9c102

Then reboot. Webcam green led OFF. After reboot there was no gspca_ module loaded, just snd_usb_audio and lib, indeed echoing 0x0f for debug v4l wasn’t working.

So here’s what I did:
# modprobe gspca_sonixj

And dmesg told me:
[ 192.400418] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 192.415421] gspca: main v2.2.0 registered
[ 192.421073] usbcore: registered new interface driver sonixj
[ 192.423098] sonixj: registered

still no «video» in /dev. So I set debug in gspca_main and plug/unplug my webcam. I also try to plug it in in my Trust pci usb card. No result. It didn’t show in lsusb anymore.

So I:
# modprobe sn9c102

dmesg:
[ 448.069317] sn9c102: V4L2 driver for SN9C1xx PC Camera Controllers v1:1.47pre49
[ 448.071515] usbcore: registered new interface driver sn9c102

no sensor error? seems good! But still no /dev/video#?

I don’t know if it makes any sense but, I went vi /etc/modules and added:
gspca_sonixj

reboot. No /dev/video, no new messages in dmesg.

vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-custom and removed «blacklist sn9c102».

reboot. and again dmesg
[ 12.787432] usb 2-2: No supported image sensor detected for this bridge

lsmod showed:
usbcore 148848 10 gspca_sonixj,gspca_main,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib, zd1211rw,btusb,sn9c102,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

But still no luck with /dev/video#?

According to uname -a:
Linux myhostname 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Lnux

I *should* have latest version of modules, with support for my webcam. but I can’t get it to work.

Yeeees I know I can buy another one as cheap as a pizza, but here I’d like to know what’s wrong with my system.

Any help/idea appreciated and thanks for taking your time to read until the end!

Last edited by tbj61898; January 11th, 2009 at 12:51 PM . Reason: solved the issue

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First off, I am sorry for posting this, but I have idea what else to do. I have been looking around for days trying to find the answer. I cannnot get my Microsoft Lifecam VX-1000 webcam working at all. I am using Ubuntu Jaunty. I have tried using Cheese, Skype, Camorama, you name it. I’ve read this post http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/sh. php?t=1034988 over and over again. It stated that I should do the following:

I’ve tried this but the only problem is that I can’t find the blacklist-custom file for my life. This is one of the few the things that is just keeping me from moving from Windows completely. I would really appreciate it if somebody, anybody at all could help me with this.

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Bump. Please, can anybody give me an idea as to what I should do? I’ve tried everything. How come some people are able to get it working. I even just tried upgrading the kernel. still no luck.

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some people have had success with vx-1000 and vx-3000 cams here.
hope it works for you too

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Hey all just to tell you, I installed the latest kernel and amazingly enough my lifecam vx1000 worked after I rebooted (except the mic)

this is the website

I installed v2.6.30.5

before I installed the kernel I tried this

and all that come up what a static image where all there was, was just a green image so I dunno if you need to install the drivers before as well to get it to work

oh and my belkin fd5070 wireless (wireless g USB adaptor) has improved greatly from random slow downs to it working constantly

gonna try my netgear wg111v3 next because it would cut off after connecting to a WPA connection, will let you guys know soon

EDIT WOOP it worked but half the speed of my belkin though so not amazing but hey better than nothing

I love kernel updates

Last edited by Richardarkless; August 31st, 2009 at 12:00 AM .

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I have this cam. It took me a long time, 6 months to get the right driver up and working. Here is what I recommend:

jfrancois/gspca/
grab the .bz2 file — located on the left bar
extract and change directory
in terminal type «make» no quotes, takes a few mins
then type «sudo make install»
reboot

tested working on Intrepid With Cheese, Ekiga, Skype, GyachE, Xawtv

COLORS are fine! no more green/blue Hardy mess.
not working in Camorama, Camstream, errors in gqcam

installed xawtv, luvcview, and removed camserv.

UPDATE! if you have errors on the MAKE step, you can use «make distclean» «make clean» then «make menuconfig» and deselect the other drivers included, I had errors trying this on my upgrade to karmic alpha 4 & 5. After the last step run a normal «make» and «sudo make install»

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This sounds like a good solution. Just want to confirm that a new kernel isn’t required for this solution, correct? I am a Ubuntu newbie and don’t want to try something I can’t undo or support. thanks for your help.

I have the Microsoft VX-1000 webcam. trying to enable video calls in Skype.

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This sounds like a good solution. Just want to confirm that a new kernel isn’t required for this solution, correct? I am a Ubuntu newbie and don’t want to try something I can’t undo or support. thanks for your help.

I have the Microsoft VX-1000 webcam. trying to enable video calls in Skype.

Rebuilding the kernel takes 2+ hours, installing from source 5 minutes, your choice.

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With the newest kernel updates for 9.04 my webcam works again too,with this command:

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I have this cam. It took me a long time, 6 months to get the right driver up and working. Here is what I recommend:

jfrancois/gspca/
grab the .bz2 file — located on the left bar
extract and change directory
in terminal type «make» no quotes, takes a few mins
then type «sudo make install»
reboot

tested working on Intrepid With Cheese, Ekiga, Skype, GyachE, Xawtv

COLORS are fine! no more green/blue Hardy mess.
not working in Camorama, Camstream, errors in gqcam

installed xawtv, luvcview, and removed camserv.

UPDATE! if you have errors on the MAKE step, you can use «make distclean» «make clean» then «make menuconfig» and deselect the other drivers included, I had errors trying this on my upgrade to karmic alpha 4 & 5. After the last step run a normal «make» and «sudo make install»

Has this been tested in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) 64-bit? I’m trying to get my LifeCam VX-1000 working in Karmic 64-bit with no luck.

I was hoping to get the preload trick to work since most other people seem to be having luck with that (Jaunty users mostly it seems), but I’ve not had any luck with v4l1/v4l2 in the lib/lib32/lib64 folders. I’ve tried all of the combinations to make sure. Including gstreamer-properties set to v4l/v4l2 both ways.

So, anyone know if this GSPCA install is working (mic and video) in Karmic 64-bit? Thanks.

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