webcam question

[Ric Moore]

On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 15:49 -0800, Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> Bear with me for a minute, this leads up to specific questions... :)
> 
> I'm running FC5 with kernel 2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 i686 and would like to get
> a Creative Webcam Instant working.  After much clicking around on the
> web I've learned that some people have gotten this webcam to work with
> kernel module spca5xx and that spca5xx has been replaced with gspca.
> Drilling down the ATrpms website to http://atrpms.net/dist/fc5/gspca/
> I've come across a page of "gspcav1" rpms for kernel 2.6.18-1.2239 which
> seem more or less the same.  Does anyone have any insight into which of
> these packages might work on my systen?  Why are there so many gspcav1
> for the same kernel?

I just used the basic tarball, compiled it, after making the config.h
fix to the kernel,  and fired up kopete and saw myself. A miracle. If
you need more help, just email me offlist. Ric