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On Sunday 05 November 2006 19:53, Ric Moore wrote: > On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 10:26 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > My webcam is fairly old, and it looks as though it has had its day. I > > get a picture in ekiga, but it is hopelessly wrong in colour and > > hopelessly out of focus. It's not got a focusing ring, either. I think > > it's time to buy a new one. > > > > I looked at what my local supplier is offering, picked out two that look > > good (after discarding several others for a variety of reasons) and tried > > to google for linux compatibility. The only references I found were very > > old, and with things changing at the rate they do that makes them > > untrustworthy in my eyes. > > > > I need a webcam easily available in the UK. Any recommendations? > > Logitech seems to be working with Linux, from what I've been reading. > Mine worked great until recently as the module refuses to make. :( Ric > This old one is a Philips, identified as a 740. lsmod confirms that pwc is loaded. I can't use it like this, so I'll have to see what I can do about getting another. I had wanted to avoid usb 1.1 webcams, thinking that a usb2 one would be better, but I can't find any compatibility reports for any of the ones I've found. Anne |
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