Mercury: Instant Messaging with Video Conferencing

Message

rarsa · #46 Post by **rarsa** » Sat 10 Dec 2005, 04:19

Here it is: http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html

The author actually updates the version every month.

Lobster · #47 Post by **Lobster** » Mon 12 Dec 2005, 16:10

I am trying this under 107a

* First I tried with the java 1.0.5 prepared by G2
Nope for some reason was unsuccessful

* So I tried with their own stable java (had this before with java progs - there own one is more stable as they say

* Signed up with Mic. . . Micr . . . "The Company that must not be named" "VoldeSoft" (I think it is)

* Got a basic Mercury working OK

* downloaded and unzipped the spca5xx.o

* Now seem to be stuck with this - time for some seaweed tea and maybe I will try again

# cp /root/spca5xx.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/spca5xx.o
cp: cannot create regular file `/lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/usb/spca5xx.o ': No such file or directory

Mercury seems a very pleasant program and I have to agree with your pragmatic approach. Do we want video conferencing? Yep. Then we have to compromise. I must admit I did feel unclean after signing up with MS Passport control - think I will go and browse some porn sites to remove the taint . . .

Really looking forward to the Dotpup

#48 Post by MU » Mon 12 Dec 2005, 17:35

Lobster wrote:* Now seem to be stuck with this - time for some seaweed tea and maybe I will try again

# cp /root/spca5xx.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/spca5xx.o
cp: cannot create regular file `/lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/usb/spca5xx.o ': No such file or directory

Lobster, simply look at the filestructure of Puppy in Rox, then you will see this should work:
cp /root/spca5xx.o /lib/modules/2.4.29/usb/spca5xx.o

Mark

klhrevolutionist · #49 Post by **klhrevolutionist** » Tue 13 Dec 2005, 00:03

Ok. This is almost working!!

Alright I installed the mercury messenger without java as I already
have java installed and mercury works. Instead of installing
mercury to /root/ I installed to /opt/

So my question is where do I extract or put the files mentioned below?
Extract NativeLibs-linux.zip to /root/Mercury/jre/lib/i386

Lobster · #50 Post by **Lobster** » Tue 13 Dec 2005, 00:17

MU wrote: cp /root/spca5xx.o /lib/modules/2.4.29/usb/spca5xx.o
Mark

OK did that and got here

eh . . . am I nearly there? Have a logitech camera installed but not sure what else to do? More commands?

More testers needed!

rarsa · #51 Post by **rarsa** » Tue 13 Dec 2005, 01:40

klhrevolutionist wrote:So my question is where do I extract or put the files mentioned below?
Extract NativeLibs-linux.zip to /root/Mercury/jre/lib/i386

Wherever your jre/lib/386 folder is. I cannot answer because it depends on where you installed Java.

rarsa · #52 Post by **rarsa** » Tue 13 Dec 2005, 01:48

Lobster wrote: eh . . . am I nearly there? Have a logitech camera installed but not sure what else to do? More commands?

Follow the instructions in this post
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?p=12043#12043

Please notice that in that post it indicates to go and follow the instructions in the Mercury web site. The instructions there are fairly clear and I didn't find the need to repeat them.

klhrevolutionist · #53 Post by **klhrevolutionist** » Tue 13 Dec 2005, 04:19

Click for larger image.

Well it is not the best quality. But with time.........

Thanks to rarsa and all the tester's and whomever else helped.

rarsa · #54 Post by **rarsa** » Tue 13 Dec 2005, 05:28

Great! At least it's working for some else than me!

You just need to focus your camera.

RMW · #55 Post by **RMW** » Wed 14 Dec 2005, 14:45

Code: Select all

# cp /mnt/mydata/spca5xx.o /lib/modules/2.4.29/usb/spca5xx.o
# depmode -ae
bash: depmode: command not found
# modprobe videodev
# modprobe spca5xx
modprobe: Can't locate module spca5xx

depmode: command not found ?

klhrevolutionist · #56 Post by **klhrevolutionist** » Wed 14 Dec 2005, 18:56

Err, that is what screwed me once as well.
Rarsa must have had the same problem we all have sometimes.
We end up misspelling.

So here

# cp /mnt/mydata/spca5xx.o /lib/modules/2.4.29/usb/spca5xx.o
# depmod -ae
# modprobe videodev
# modprobe spca5xx

Now if you want this to load everytime you boot
add these lines to rc.local

depmod -ae
modprobe videodev
modprobe spca5xx

RMW · #57 Post by **RMW** » Wed 14 Dec 2005, 19:02

thanks, that helped. Now the JMF files, I'm getting the same problem with the NativeLinux...zip file not wanting to unzip.

Code: Select all

# unzip NativeLibs-linux.zip -d /root/my-applications/Mercury/jre/lib/i386
Archive:  NativeLibs-linux.zip
  End-of-central-directory signature not found.  Either this file is not
  a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive.  In the
  latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
  the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip:  cannot find zipfile directory in one of NativeLibs-linux.zip or
        NativeLibs-linux.zip.zip, and cannot find NativeLibs-linux.zip.ZIP, period.

goncal · #58 Post by **goncal** » Wed 14 Dec 2005, 20:33

hi klhr

I think you might have been referring to me and my very simple script, in which case here it goes -

[code]cp /root/spca5xx.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/usb/spca5xx.o
depmod -ae
modprobe videodev
modprobe spca5xx[/code]

hope it helps

cheers G

RMW · #59 Post by **RMW** » Wed 14 Dec 2005, 20:52

lol yes, depmod instead of depmode. I was copying and pasting commands.

rarsa · #60 Post by **rarsa** » Thu 15 Dec 2005, 02:47

As far as I remember you had to download the NativeLinux-libs using bittorrent. (or ctorrent). When you do that, the file appears to be complete while it is still downloading. You may need to continue the download until it's complete.

goncal · #61 Post by **goncal** » Thu 15 Dec 2005, 08:40

rarsa I did that and it did keep downloading but at such a slooow rate that I decided to run a search and finally the URL I posted came up and could download it off there.

cheers G

RMW · #62 Post by **RMW** » Thu 15 Dec 2005, 13:57

I've downloaded the torrent several times, still get that error. The link posted here doesn't work anymore. Been trying to find a replacement link, just no luck so far.

Guest · #63 Post by **Guest** » Sat 21 Jan 2006, 19:31

rarsa wrote:II. Install your WebCamera drivers (spca5xx)

I am working on cleaning this out. if you are really eager just do the following for now:

follow the first set of instructions every time you boot.

These instructions worked for me. Are there any stand alone web cam viewers that I can use to test my webcam? Eventually, I would like to setup motion http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome with Puppy linux, but before that I want to ensure that my webcam is working.

Thanks.

rarsa · #64 Post by **rarsa** » Mon 23 Jan 2006, 00:19

The SPCA5xx Home page has some utilities that you can use to test. I remember one that you can use to record to a file. Browse that site and you'll find what you are looking for.

DesperateWebCam · #65 Post by **DesperateWebCam** » Wed 15 Feb 2006, 02:57

I am pretty new to Puppy and I wish to get the webcam to work with Puppy. Could you advise me as if I am a total idiot to Puppy?

Webcam I have:
1. Logitech QuickCam for Notebook Pro
2. Veo Velocity Connect

Some questions I have in mind: (pardon me if they are stupid)
1. Puppy can see the USB camera but it is unknown device
2. How do I install the webcams? I see that spca5xx dont support this 2 cameras (correct me if I am wrong). Any step by step instructions for idiots like me?
3. How do I test if it is working when it is successfully installed? What application can I use and how to get and install it?

Hope someone can help. Tks in advance. Pretty desperate to get it working but seems like no answer in my own thread.

(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Mercury: Instant Messaging with Video Conferencing

riddle me this

Re: riddle me this

pupcam

issue

script

bittorrent

Re: II. Install your WebCamera drivers (spca5xx)