Webcam with FC6

[Keith Powell]

On Tuesday 12 December 2006 7:09 am, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 10:52 +0000, Keith Powell wrote:
> > I did the kmod-gspca as you suggested, but there is no
> > difference. The web cam still isn't found. If it's of any
> > importance, there are no 'video' folder or files in /dev.
> >
> > I have also tried twice doing new installations on a spare hard
> > drive and trying to install the web cam again, with, and without
> > the kernel version. No success. That is why I haven't sent this
> > reply earlier.
> >
> > I'm completely at a loss what to do next, as I *don't* want to
> > fire XP up every time I want to use the web cam.
>
> Did you get it running yet? Ric

No Ric

After *very* many hours of trying, I have come to a complete halt in 
trying to get it working. 

I have looked at the mailing lists and forums of other distros, and 
they all appear to be having a lot of problems getting webcams to 
work. So it isn't just a Fedora problem.

My webcam wants to use /dev/video, but there isn't one! I have no idea 
how to create one. In fact, I have tried several other distros on my 
"experimenting" hard drive, and none of the create a /dev/video 
folder. I am coming to the conclusion that, until I can get 
a /dev/video folder and file, there is no chance of my camera 
working.

What's very frustrating is that, when I bought the camera, I read on 
other lists, that it worked "out of the box" in Linux. 

I ran installation CD with XP, and five minutes later, the camera was 
working and properly set up. GRRRRR!

Unless someone can offer me any other advice, I am afraid it's back to 
XP whenever I want to use the webcam.

Sorry I couldn't be more positive.

Cheers

Keith