On 8/14/06, Philip Walden <pwaldenlinux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ski Dawg wrote: >On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 17:07 -0500, tom poe wrote: > > >>If I buy the Target or Wal-Mart WinXP cheap ($10 to $15) webcam, will it >>run on FC5? Is this one of those, better check for driver software, >>first things? >>Any help appreciated. >>Tom >> >> > >I did a quick Google search and found this site that looks promising >for what you want. > >http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+webcam&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 > >The WebCam HOWTO >http://www.linux.com/howtos/Webcam-HOWTO/index.shtml > >and from the above HOWTO, Specific Webcam Models >http://www.linux.com/howtos/Webcam-HOWTO/devices.shtml > > This site produces a driver that handles a lot of webcams http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html
eeeek. run away. the spca5xx driver is horribly unstable in FC5, and its author doesn't care. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
