On Tuesday 20 February 2007 22:15, Jeff G wrote: > On 2/20/07, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 February 2007 21:06, Jeff G wrote: > > > I can't see to find help on how to get this older usb camera to work > > > with FC6. > > > > > > >From what I could gather, I've installed most of the tools needed > > > > > > (e.g. v4l) but there is no device /dev/video* showing up. > > > > > > Any suggestions on where to look? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Jeff > > > > You don't say which make/model it is. Probably looking it up on Google. > > > > There's a couple of URL's here for cameras that use the ov511, and PCiA > > chipsets. > > > > http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/cameras.html > > http://webcam.sourceforge.net/ > > > > /sbin/lsusb may give you some info as well. > > > > All the best. > > > > Nigel. > which shows the intel cs330 (my camera) > > I can't seem to find an rpm for the spca501 (or 50x) drivers though. > > gphoto2 *may* pull it in, but that's installed already. I'm probably not going to be much help, as I've only recently tried a webcam, and only bought that because it was reduced from 25€ to 5€ at my local ALDI supermarket. More by luck than judgement it uses the ov511+ driver, which is supported under Linux, and works quite well. I looked in /lib/modules/uname -r/kernel/drivers/usb/media . Both on FC2, and Debian Sarge. The driver for your cam doesn't seem to be there, and I'm sure you've looked too. It may be worth posting to the mailing list at. http://spca50x.sourceforge.net/spca50x.php?page=cams Maybe someone can give you some pointers. Of course it may be easier to buy another webcam. Check out first if the driver is available in your kernel before buying it, and make sure that you can take it back if it doesn't work. It may be worth asking also on the video4linux mailing list. They are mainly dealing with TV cards, but someone might give some help. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list Sorry I can't help more. Nigel.
