webcams and FC5

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Tue Dec 19 04:35:53 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 23:27 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 11:21:23PM -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> > Yeah, it wants the fastest SOB USB port ya have, as it needs it. I
> 
> Not just that, but I had to experiment with which *other* ports other things
> could be plugged into -- somehow either they were shared, or else allocated
> differently at boot time. Once I got an arrangement that worked, I admit I
> stopped caring exactly why. :)

I feel ya, just to have something exotic like a webcam working is reward
enough, no need to fool with it, leave it alone, don't touch it, refuse
kernel updates in yum, count your blessings! Go on to the next problem.
<cackles> Ric

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