The 7700 is a rebranded Sager 9860. The webcam is apparently an "ALI
M5603C".

The fine folks at http://www.linux-projects.org/ are apparently working
on support.

-DMZ

On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 22:38 -0400, Brian C Merrell wrote:
> I've been looking at laptops with built-in CCDs, specifically the
> Alienware MJ-12 7700.  I chatted with one of their sales droids and asked
> if the video camera was supported in Linux, to which the answer was "we
> don't support that."  Further inquiries as to the technical specs only get
> me as far as "300K Video Camera Module".  (which I presume means 300Kpixel
> CCD, although I saw a stick-on version of one of these that was really
> 100Kpixel and did some software mojo to "claim" 300K)
> 
> Question is, does anyone either know what it really is, or better yet, is
> it supported by Linux?
> 
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David Zakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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