Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 Help

[CTConqueror]

I just installed the latest version of Ubuntu (Hardy Heron) today, and I was wondering if there had been any drivers released yet? I tried searching and all, but I didn't find anything useful.

[CTConqueror]

Just bumping cause this got into farther pages really quickly.

[thirstyghost]

Not that I know of. You'll have to keep it for Windows use and get a Logitech for Linux (see the list). I have a Quickcam STX that works out of the box great. Try Ebay or Craigslist for some good deals (as in half-price).

[IntuitiveNipple]

I've built the microdia driver as a DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) package for Hardy. It includes support for the device ID 0c45:624f which is, I understand, the Lifecam VX-6000. It supports these device IDs:

 045E:00F4 
 04F2:A128
 0C45:6240 0C45:6242 0C45:6243 0C45:6248
 0C45:624B 0C45:624C 0C45:624E 0C45:624F
 0C45:6253 0C45:6260 0C45:6262 0C45:6270
 0C45:627A 0C45:627B 0C45:627C 0C45:627F
 0C45:6280 0C45:6282 0C45:6283 0C45:6288
 0C45:628A 0C45:628B 0C45:628C 0C45:628E
 0C45:628F 0C45:62A0 0C45:62A2 0C45:62B0
 0C45:62B3 0C45:62BA 0C45:62BB 0C45:62BC
 0C45:62BE
 145F:013D

It is available from my Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archive). To install it add my PPA to apt's source list:

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/intuitivenipple/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main' >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/intuitivenipple.list"
sudo apt-get update

and then install the package:

sudo apt-get install microdia-dkms

Remove my PPA from the apt sources to prevent unexpected upgrades of packages I maintain:

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intuitivenipple.list
sudo apt-get update

[Kirill_1985]

Hi, I have a web camera ID 0c45: 6248 Microdia (COSY PS 679)
Do everything as you said, but:

dmesg | tail-l
[5400.873059] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb_microdia_driver
[5400.873521] microdia: v2008.09: Microdia USB 2.0 Webcam Driver
[6020.747971] usb 5-1: USB disconnect, address 4
[6029.283234] usb 5-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[6029.416793] usb 5-4: configuration # 1 chosen from 1 choice
[6029.417386] microdia: Camera 0C45: 6248 not supported.
[7257.312336] usb 5-4: USB disconnect, address 5
[7259.863926] usb 5-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[7260.001313] usb 5-4: configuration # 1 chosen from 1 choice
[7260.001714] microdia: Camera 0C45: 6248 not supported.

in /dev/video0 device does not appear. What to do?

[IntuitiveNipple]

Hi, I have a web camera ID 0c45: 6248 Microdia (COSY PS 679)

[7260.001714] microdia: Camera 0C45: 6248 not supported.

As the driver says, that device isn't supported.

I'm not sure why it does that since it declares itself as capable of handling that device in the usb_device_id table, but then a supplementary internal table (struct microdia_camera cameras[]) doesn't include product 0x6248, which causes a call to find_camera() to fail, which in turn causes the "not supported" message.

You should contact the authors and ask about that. The contact details are in the manual page:

man microdia

[CTConqueror]

I did what you said with installing the package from your list, but the webcam still isn't recognized.

[IntuitiveNipple]

Please report the entries from /var/log/kern.log when inserting the camera so we know what the system found and did.

[CTConqueror]

This is from the log when I plugged my camera in:

Sep 25 09:37:11 brian-desktop kernel: [40720.552809] usb 3-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Sep 25 09:37:11 brian-desktop kernel: [40720.687903] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Sep 25 09:37:11 brian-desktop kernel: [40720.688887] microdia: Camera 045E:00F4 not supported.

[IntuitiveNipple]

The same situation I explained in comment #6 applies to 045E:00F4 as well.

As I said, I have no idea why the driver declares support for device IDs and then doesn't have the internal structures in place.

The author of the code in microdia-usb.c is Nicolas Vivien. If you do

man microdia

you'll find I put the contact information for the project in there.