> hi, i found a good site on installing usb cams on linux: > > http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/ > > unfortunately i wasnt able to spend much time on configuring the cam > and successfully making it work. list of supported cams by the 0v511 > driver is also listed on the site.
These assume that the USB cameras use the OmniVision 511 chip and technology. Feeling productive today, I have successfully configured an AverMedia InterCam Elite and Tevion 9038 web camera to work with Linux! The throughput of USB cameras is lackluster, but is far better than the serial versions of products such as Connectix/Logitech's QuickCam. Configuring the web cams is rather easy. You can either use the included version of the web cam's driver with the 2.2.x/2.4.x/2.5.x kernels or download one from the maintainer's website. After that, a recompile of the kernel is necessary if one of the following isn't present: - Video for Linux - USB support (UHCI/OHCI) - USB Preliminary File system (some drivers need this to work) - the specific usb webcam driver Once recompiled, simply load up the drivers (if compiled as modules) and use an application such as xawtv. The cameras work flawlessly -- it even has proper sound in support! All I have to do is position the web cams properly and that's that. :) -------------------------------------- Gino LV. Ledesma Ateneo Cervini-Eliazo Networks (ACENT) email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] web : http://cersa.admu.edu.ph/ phone : (63)(2) 426-6001 ext. 5925/5904 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
