On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 21:32 -0500, Donn Washburn wrote: > James Tremblay wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 13:46 +0100, Francis Giannaros wrote: > >> The Drivers Wishlist[1] seems to have had quite a few requests for > >> webcam drivers over time; would it be possible to get some of these in > >> for 10.3? spca5xx for example is very popular, supports a plethora of > >> webcams[2], is GPL'd, and is already built very well in the build > >> service[3]. I've played with 5 different webcams over the days, and > >> all of them worked perfectly with kopete and that driver. > >> > >> Any thoughts? > >> > >> [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Wishlist_Drivers > >> [2]http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html > >> [3] http://software.opensuse.org/download/drivers:/webcam > >> > >> Regards, > > This would be a most welcome addition in my book! > > I plugged my camera in and SLED10SP1 sees the camera in hardware > > information but I haven't been able to load a driver yet. > > I could compile one ;) > > > Well to all of this about Webcams. Which ones are the most usable on > linux? I once had one that liked ov511 module but it was a hog for > power so it is now owned by someone else. >
Donn, I would say pick the one with the most webcams supported ( http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html supports 244 models) and build a yast module for it. would be a great start! I think I would buy a new webcam if I knew it was Yast supported, without even questioning it. JT --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
