On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 12:36 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 18 January 2007 12:16, Scott van Looy wrote: > > Today Dotan Cohen did spake thusly: > > > On 17/01/07, Scott van Looy <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Today Dotan Cohen did spake thusly: > > >> > I'm also a bit shocked. I jump around from distro to distro, and I > > >> > haven't had a problem with Kopete in a long time. My webcam is a > > >> > Logitech Quikcam. On my current distro, Kubuntu, I just plugged it in > > >> > and it works. I've got Kopete 0.12.3 on KDE 3.5.5. I'm actually > > >> > considering whether this month It'll be FC6 or (don't hate me) the > > >> > latest SUSE, which I haven't tried in a while. If webcam support under > > >> > Fedora is that bad, then that'll be a big problem for me. My first > > >> > daughter was born two weeks ago, and the grandparents don't live in > > >> > Israel. So there's been quite a bit of webcamming going on in our > > >> > household as of late. > > >> > > >> Stop with the FUD. Get the correct kernel module for your cam (most are > > >> available from ATrpms and other places if they're not included already) > > >> and then load kopete. Worked first time with my ancient Intel Create and > > >> Share camera... > > > > > > What FUD? I said it worked for me out of the box on Kubuntu. I haven't > > > even tried it yet on Fedora. Better yet, your FUD-crying makes real > > > FUD go unchallenged. As soon as I _do_ have problems (if I do) then > > > I'll take care of them. Until I do, I'll be happy. > > > > "I'm also a bit shocked." and "If webcam support under Fedora is that bad" > > - fud. You've not tried it, you're spreading fear, uncertainty and > > doubt... > > > > If you have a problem with it, then comment on it? > > > Fear there may be. Uncertainty and doubt - no. You will see that both Keith > and I are having great problems. They exist. If someone comments that > another distro can handle something but FC can't, that's legitimate comment. > As it is, Dotan has said that he can use it in kubuntu, and will try it on > fedora. Add me to the list Anne, I've not been able to send anything. Is it a port problem?? Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
