Thanks for the link. I'm sure that will help.
--- Geraldo Netto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Larry, > > gspca driver can help you, take a look: > http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html > > and on debian you can try to pick up a precompiled > binary > by doing: > apt-cache search gspca > apt will list all packages with gspca in the string > and then: > apt-get install <packge-name> (probabily gspca...) > > See Ya, > > Geraldo > > On 17/12/2007, Larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm almost getting it to work with Debian Etch. I > can > > insert a pcmcia usb card and read/write to usb > memory > > sticks. Haven't worked up to the webcam yet. > > > > --- Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I've an old dell laptop that is barely > adequate > > > for > > > > Linux, and the pcmcia usb card doesn't seem to > > > play > > > > in Debian etch. > > > > > > So there is no fixed USB in that laptop, and the > > > BIOS > > > probably does not support any USB. Modern BIOSes > do > > > support USB keyboard, mouse and storage (flash, > > > cdrom, > > > floppy, harddisk) connected via USB. Nice for > DOS. > > > Maybe you can use a "lighter" version of Linux? > Does > > > the laptop come with some sort of DOS pcmcia > > > drivers? > > > Or does the pcmcia usb card come with DOS > drivers? > > > > > > > I was wondering if I would gain by just > installing > > > > freedos. Then the question is, does Freedos on > a > > > > laptop have drivers for the pcmcia, and usb? > > > > > > You would not gain much. There are free but > > > commercial > > > USB storage drivers from various vendors. I > think > > > all > > > PCMCIA drivers are nonfree. The Deskwork.de > > > shareware > > > GUI has a bit of PCMCIA support, and IBM PC DOS > and > > > maybe others have card drivers, too. We even > have > > > the > > > permission to use a code snippet from Deskwork > if we > > > want to make our own PCMCIA drivers, but nobody > has > > > started to work on this yet. The idea is to use > this > > > code, some ramdisk source code, the kernel > initdisk > > > source code, the udma PIO mode (no DMA in > PCMCIA) > > > and > > > some ISA PnP code, throw them together, and then > > > have > > > a driver for PCMCIA CF disks and similar :-). > There > > > is also a generic semi-commercial USB driver kit > > > from > > > Georg Potthast. If you are good or if you can > pay, > > > it > > > might be a way to make a cam driver based on > this > > > kit > > > and an existing Linux cam driver. But then, the > > > Linux > > > cam driver will be GPL / open source and the > driver > > > of > > > Georg is not, so licenses might be a problem > here. > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > > > It's the best place to buy or sell services > > > for just about anything Open Source. > > > > > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Freedos-user mailing list > > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Never miss a thing. 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