webcamd && 0x046d:0x08f0 (Logitech Quickcam messenger)

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On Monday 26 December 2011 07:58:41 Matthias Apitz wrote:
> El día Wednesday, December 21, 2011 a las 07:50:18AM +0100, Hans Petter 
Selasky escribió:
> > > $ find . -type f -exec fgrep -i 08f0 {} /dev/null \;
> > > ./work/webcamd-3.0.0.2/man4/stv06xx.4:.It 046d:08f0      Ta "Logitech
> > > QuickCam Messenger" ...
> > > 
> > > but does not work :-)
> > > 
> > > 	matthias
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > There is a driver here:
> > 
> > http://mag.cx/messenger/
> > 
> > You should either ask at the linux media mailing list for them to include
> > this driver or try to build it with webcamd.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I do no fully understand the problem; the man page stv06xx(4) installed
> by the webcamd port says that the driver stv06xx webcamd driver for USB
> cameras supports this cam:
> 
> VendorID:ProductID                  Device
> ...
> 046d:08f0                           Logitech QuickCam Messenger
> 
> Why do we need some additional driver from Linux?

Yes, looks like. You have to ask Dru Lavigne about where that ID comes from. 
Maybe it is a typo.

--HPS