Roy, That's not my buddy's experience with it. His doesn't work in Linux, but in XP on a virtual machine - it works like a charm.
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Jones<http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/469609/franklin-p-jones/the-trouble-with-being-punctual-is-that-nobodys-there> ” Get this email app! <http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/quotes?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=email&utm_term=quotes&utm_campaign=apps> Signature powered by <http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=footer> WiseStamp<http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=footer> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not sure if this will work. If the Linux host does not recognise it > then it is unlikely that the client Windows OS will be able to. VMs are > better suited to being able to run Windows applications than to work with > tricky hardware, IMO. > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, 64-bit > Location: Canada > > > On 17 October 2010 10:30, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Santaji, >> >> I don't necessarily have an answer for you, but I can tell you from >> experience that webcams haven't been all that well supported in Linux. >> After saying that - I don't have one myself. One solution you could try if >> your computer has enough horsepower to support it is to install VirtualBox >> and install Windows XP on a virtual machine. 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But i >>> am not able to get the Webcam to work(it is a "05ca:1870 Ricoh Co., >>> Ltd Webcam 1000" according to lsusb in the terminal). I have tried >>> this http://bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/ but it did not work. it said: >>> " r5u87x firmware loader v0.2 >>> >>> Searching for device... >>> >>> Error: Failed to find any supported webcams." >>> >>> What should i do? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>> Group. >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit our group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> >> >> >> >> -- >> <>< Scott Vargovich <>< >> ------------------------------------------ >> OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- <>< Scott Vargovich <>< ------------------------------------------ OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E ------------------------------------------ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. 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