CTU Live CD USB device support

[paperstreet]

Hi All..

Been persuing the forum for the last day or two, working on a fresh install of Zoneminder via CTU's great live cd.

I have a logitech quickcam for testing. (The actual production environment is going to use cctv over a linuxmedialabs card.) I have compiled the PWC module and been trying to figure out what dev node it has been assigned.

Dmesg confirms the module is loaded.

/dev/ has 4 video devices in it, 0-3 , which zmu shows as the bttv card, (which is right)

Noticed no usbdevfs support on Cordel's CD. Is this needed to get a dev node for a usb camera? I have been hacking away at this for the last day, knowing the camera is only for initial testing. Short of compiling a new kernel, I would like to get some sanity from this setup before moving on.

(BTW, thanks cordel for the great install cd!)

erata data below

pwc Philips webcam module version 10.0.10-unofficial loaded.
pwc Supports Philips PCA645/646, PCVC675/680/690, PCVC720[40]/730/740/750 & PCVC830/840.
pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30,
pwc the Creative WebCam 5 & Pro Ex, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100.
pwc Trace options: 0x00a1
usbcore: registered new driver Philips webcam

pwc 91508 0
md5 4033 1
ipv6 263105 16
parport_pc 28293 1
lp 12873 0
parport 40073 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 28229 0
sunrpc 164229 1
video 15685 0
button 4033 0
battery 9285 0
ac 4805 0
ohci_hcd 26081 0
ehci_hcd 40013 0
bt878 10457 0
bttv 160241 1 bt878
video_buf 23621 1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit 9033 1 bttv
v4l2_common 5825 2 pwc,bttv
btcx_risc 4937 1 bttv
tveeprom 13017 1 bttv
videodev 9537 2 pwc,bttv
i2c_nforce2 6721 0
i2c_core 21313 4 bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_nforce2
snd_intel8x0 34177 0
snd_ac97_codec 74937 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss 50673 0
snd_mixer_oss 17729 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 98889 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 32837 1 snd_pcm
snd 57285 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 10785 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9669 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
forcedeth 23105 0
floppy 64629 0
dm_snapshot 17413 0
dm_zero 2113 0
dm_mirror 25645 0
ext3 130633 2
jbd 83161 1 ext3
dm_mod 57333 6 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
sata_nv 9413 3
libata 46917 1 sata_nv
sd_mod 20289 5
scsi_mod 146313 2 libata,sd_mod

[root@zoneminder ~]# ls /dev/vid*
/dev/video /dev/video0 /dev/video1 /dev/video2 /dev/video3
[root@zoneminder ~]#


[root@zoneminder ~]# cat /proc/filesystems
nodev sysfs
nodev rootfs
nodev bdev
nodev proc
nodev sockfs
nodev binfmt_misc
nodev debugfs
nodev usbfs
nodev pipefs
nodev futexfs
nodev tmpfs
nodev eventpollfs
nodev devpts
ext2
nodev ramfs
nodev hugetlbfs
iso9660
nodev mqueue
ext3
nodev rpc_pipefs
nodev autofs

[cordel]

There is USB support in the kernel but the stock kernel in FC3 is spotty as to what web cams work. I'm trying to move away from doing anymore support for that CD other than making the new ZM packages for FC3 and move to FC5 based CD. I will not do a live CD however since Ross already does. Also since I know someone will ask, I haven't produced a package 1.22.1 as 1.22.2 will be around shortly and has many fixes.

Cheers,
Corey

[paperstreet]

Well... that sounds good cordel, as this usb camera was just a test monkey for the setup.

Couple of quick questions:

Will I be able to do a dist-upgrade to move this box into the FC5 environment?

For Production I am using a linux media capture card, LMLBT84 along with two network based PTZ cameras (undecided on the manufacturer yet). I will at least report my results in the supported hardware section or add an addendum to someone elses remarks about the hardware... Anything I can do to help the community.

I may just recompile a newer kernel for this box, experienced enough to do it properly. If I can document it anywhere for anyone else, lemme know.

Cordel, BTW Is there any chance you have a webpage or resources you prefer for making your own install CDs? I have some other applications I deal with and I think I could benefit from the experience.