On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 20:25 -0500, Jeff G wrote: > On 2/21/07, Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 17:42 -0500, Jeff G wrote: > > > On 2/21/07, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 21 February 2007 23:00, Jeff G wrote: > > > > > On 2/20/07, Jeff G <hjeffg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On 2/20/07, Paulo Cavalcanti <promac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > I copy/pasted exactly and got the same thing. :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Nothing to do" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > BTW: uname -r results " 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you have an "atrpms.repo" in /etc/yum.repos.d ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > # > > > > > > > # > > > > > > > [atrpms] > > > > > > > name=Fedora Core 6 - i386 - ATrpms > > > > > > > baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/fc6-i386/atrpms/stable > > > > > > > failovermethod=priority > > > > > > > enabled=1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyaway, this is the module you need: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://dl.atrpms.net/all/gspcav1-kmdl-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6-1.00.12-3.fc6.a > > > > > > >t.i686.rpm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Paulo Roma Cavalcanti > > > > > > > LCG - UFRJ > > > > > > > > > > [re-sending, left off the list] > > > > > > > > > > duh! - it was already installed. That's why it was saying nothing to do. > > > > > I guess it doesn't support the camera after all, even though the doc > > > > > seemed to say it did. > > > > > > > > > > Upon further investigation, the sources say "for developers only" > > > > > > > > > > Thanks so much for the help. > > > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > What does /sbin/lsusb show? Is the camera there? > > > > > > > > One app that I find works well with webcams, as long as they are detected is > > > > "Camstream". > > > > > > > > I can appreciate the frustration. there are similar problems on some sound > > > > cards, and TV tuner cards, etc. > > > > > > > > It may be worth trying a different webcam. The lifetec LT9388 using the ov511+ > > > > driver, which I have, works ok. See what's available, and check them out > > > > before buying. > > > > > > > > Don't give up. > > > > > > > > Nigel. > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the tip on viewing the devices. I was using the > > > System|Admin|Hardware app and found similar info. > > > > > > The device shows up in lsusb as: > > > > > > Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0733:0401 ViewQuest Technologies, Inc. CS330 WebCam > > > > > > Thanks for the encouragement. I'm not giving up, just will wait to > > > see if the "development only" version gets mainstreamed at some point. > > > > > > Meanwhile, it's not urgent to get a webcam working, just though I > > > would try it out for fun. > > > > A quick scan through the Linux-USB site reveals this page: > > > > http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/search_res.php?pattern=0733&submit=Search > > %21 > > > > Smack in the middle is the 0733:0401 Intel CS330 webcam entry and it > > shows it as working with the spca50x driver. Here's a link to the > > page: > > > > http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=2011 > That's why I was hopeful that it would work. However, it doesn't show > up, for example, in gphoto2 --list-cameras, nor on other programs that > allow me to select a supported device. > > I'm sure I may be missing something, but since I'm too new, and don't > really know how to compile the driver source with FC6, I can't get any > further. > > BTW, the link you provided shows the latest source version from 2003 > (though it was a bit later than the one I found earlier). I took a look at the spca5xx driver and it claims to work with that camera. Have a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/spca50x ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - "Hello. My PID is Inigo Montoya. You `kill -9'-ed my parent - - process. Prepare to vi." - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
