>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Waugh <twaugh@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Tim> You have to be quite choosy. In PC World (=== Dixons) the
Tim> only one in the shop that would work with Linux was the
Tim> Philips ToUcam II (PCVC820K). Other models with very similar
Tim> names will not work.
Well, I ordered one from PC World, and it just arrived.
But after plugging it in to the USB port, I get:
Jul 15 11:39:09 colina kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using address 3
Jul 15 11:39:09 colina kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Jul 15 11:39:09 colina kernel: drivers/usb/media/ov511.c: USB OV518 video device found
Jul 15 11:39:09 colina kernel: drivers/usb/media/ov511.c: Device revision 1
Jul 15 11:39:09 colina kernel: drivers/usb/media/ov511.c: Compression required with OV518...enabling
Jul 15 11:39:09 colina kernel: drivers/usb/media/ov511.c: Sensor is an OV6630AF
Jul 15 11:39:10 colina kernel: drivers/usb/media/ov511.c: Device at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1 registered to minor 0
Jul 15 11:39:10 colina kernel: usbcore: registered new driver ov511
Jul 15 11:39:10 colina kernel: drivers/usb/media/ov511.c: v1.64 for Linux 2.5 : ov511 USB Camera Driver
Jul 15 11:41:06 colina kernel: drivers/usb/media/ov511.c: No decompressor available
The last message is repeated whenever I press the Detect Devices
button in Gnomemeeting configuration, I think.
What else do I have to do?
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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire
