Logitech Quickcam Orbit AF on OpenSUSE 12.1

[qu1nn]

newbie guidance for Logitech Quickcam Orbit AF on OpenSUSE 12.1:

I can use the camera in xawtv and gucview; but I havent been so lucky in ZM

over the past week I have gotten myself thoroughly confused:
END Goal: To use the Logitech Quickcam Orbit AF (so that I can use the PTZ features via an android smartphone, based on an email notification)

Q1) do I have to use the uvc driver method to use the PTZ features?
Q2) can I use the mjpg_streamer method to use the PTZ features?
Q3) I have seen all kinds of mixing and matching regarding some of the camera settings (format and color pallette), what is appropriate for the Orbit AF?

but First of all I guess that I need to be able to get the device working so that /dev/video(0) doesn’t show up all RED in the ZM - Console.

I have tried ALL types of configurations & mixing / matching with no success.



Getting errors similar to the following while in ZM-Console Log:
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2012-02-15 02:46:48.072190 zmu 13737 INF Does not support VIDIOC_G_CROP zm_local_camera.cpp 970
2012-02-15 02:42:01.328270 zmdc 11707 ERR 'zmc -d /dev/video' exited abnormally, exit status 255 zmdc.pl
2012-02-15 02:42:01.270770 zmc_dvideo 13553 ERR Can't shmget, probably not enough shared memory space free: Invalid argument zm_monitor.cpp 380
2012-02-15 02:42:01.103870 zmdc 13553 INF 'zmc -d /dev/video' started at 12/02/14 21:42:01 zmdc.pl
2012-02-15 02:42:01.103850 zmdc 11707 INF 'zmc -d /dev/video' starting at 12/02/14 21:42:01, pid = 13553 zmdc.pl
2012-02-15 02:42:01.054090 zmdc 11707 INF Starting pending process, zmc -d /dev/video zmdc.pl
2012-02-15 02:36:41.390780 zmdc 11707 ERR 'zmc -d /dev/video' exited abnormally, exit status 255 zmdc.pl
2012-02-15 02:36:41.285316 zmc_dvideo 13489 ERR Can't shmget, probably not enough shared memory space free: Invalid argument zm_monitor.cpp 380
2012-02-15 02:36:41.078230 zmdc 13489 INF 'zmc -d /dev/video' started at 12/02/14 21:36:41 zmdc.pl
2012-02-15 02:36:41.077460 zmdc 11707 INF 'zmc -d /dev/video' starting at 12/02/14 21:36:41, pid = 13489 zmdc.pl
2012-02-15 02:36:41.025240 zmdc 11707 INF Starting pending process, zmc -d /dev/video zmdc.pl

Getting errors in KSystemLog (System) > Filtered ZM:
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02/14/12 09:32:40 PM LINUX-PD web_php[4628] ERR [socket_sendto( /var/run/zm/zms-934362s.sock ) failed: No such file or directory]
02/14/12 09:32:41 PM LINUX-PD zmdc[11707] INF [Starting pending process, zmc -d /dev/video]
02/14/12 09:32:41 PM LINUX-PD zmdc[13377] INF ['zmc -d /dev/video' started at 12/02/14 21:32:41]
02/14/12 09:32:41 PM LINUX-PD zmdc[11707] INF ['zmc -d /dev/video' starting at 12/02/14 21:32:41, pid = 13377]
02/14/12 09:32:41 PM LINUX-PD zmc_dvideo[13377] ERR [Can't shmget, probably not enough shared memory space free: Invalid argument]
02/14/12 09:32:41 PM LINUX-PD zmdc[11707] ERR ['zmc -d /dev/video' exited abnormally, exit status 255]
02/14/12 09:32:54 PM LINUX-PD web_php[4628] ERR [socket_sendto( /var/run/zm/zms-934362s.sock ) failed: No such file or directory]
02/14/12 09:33:07 PM LINUX-PD web_php[4628] ERR [socket_sendto( /var/run/zm/zms-934362s.sock ) failed: No such file or directory]
02/14/12 09:33:20 PM LINUX-PD web_php[4628] ERR [socket_sendto( /var/run/zm/zms-934362s.sock ) failed: No such file or directory]
02/14/12 09:33:33 PM LINUX-PD web_php[4628] ERR [socket_sendto( /var/run/zm/zms-934362s.sock ) failed: No such file or directory]


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Currently I have the following setup:
GENERAL TAB:
Name TestZM, Source = Local, Function = Monitor, Enabled = Selected, Max FPS=5, Alarm Max FPS = 10, Reference Image Blend %ge = 7, Triggers = None

SOURCE TAB:
Device Path = /dev/video, Capture Method = Video For Linux version 2, Device Channel = 0, Device Format= PAL, Capture Palette = YUYV, Capture Width (pixels)= 320, Capture Height(pixels) = 240, Preserve Aspect Ratio = Not Selected, Orientation = Normal

TIMESTAMP TAB:
Label format = %N - %y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S, Label X = 0, Label Y = 0

BUFFERS:
Image buffer size = 40, Warmup Frames = 25, Per Event Image Count=10, Post Event Image Count=10, Stream Replay Image Buffer = 1000, Alarm Frame Count =1

MISC TAB:
Event Prefix = Event-, Section Length = 600, Frame Skip = 0, FPS Report Interval = 1000, Default View=Events, Default Rate= Real, Default Scale = Actual, Signal Check Colour = #0100BE, web colour = red
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LINUX-PD:/home/jason # zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v
Video Device: /dev/video0
General Capabilities
Driver: uvcvideo
Card: UVC Camera (046d:0994)
Bus: usb-0000:00:1d.7-8
Version: 3.1.9
Type: 0x4000001
Supports video capture (X)
Does not support video output
Does not support frame buffer overlay
Does not support VBI capture
Does not support VBI output
Does not support sliced VBI capture
Does not support sliced VBI output
Does not support video output overlay
Does not have tuner
Does not have audio in and/or out
Does not have radio
Does not support read/write i/o (X)
Does not support async i/o
Supports streaming i/o (X)
Standards:
Formats:
MJPEG (MJPG)
YUV 4:2:2 (YUYV) (YUYV)
Crop Capabilities
Bounds: 320 x 240
Default: 320 x 240
Inputs: 1
Input 0
Name: Camera 1
Type: Camera
Audioset: 00000000
Standards: 0x0
Power on (X)
Signal detected (X)
Colour Signal detected
Horizontal Lock detected
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I thought that I addressed the shared memory error as:
LINUX-PD:/home/jason # sysctl -p
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
kernel.sysrq = 0
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 0
kernel.shmmax = 536870912


LINUX-PD:/home/jason # ipcs -l

------ Shared Memory Limits --------
max number of segments = 4096
max seg size (kbytes) = 524288
max total shared memory (kbytes) = 8388608
min seg size (bytes) = 1

------ Semaphore Limits --------
max number of arrays = 128
max semaphores per array = 250
max semaphores system wide = 32000
max ops per semop call = 32
semaphore max value = 32767

------ Messages Limits --------
max queues system wide = 6526
max size of message (bytes) = 8192
default max size of queue (bytes) = 16384


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any assistance would be great.
Thank you for your time
qu1nn