Stinkin' little cheapo vid cams

Arthur Pemberton pemboa at gmail.com
Fri Jul 7 01:54:22 UTC 2006


On 7/6/06, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 20:46 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 08:36:39PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > >   idVendor           0x046d Logitech, Inc.
> > >   idProduct          0x08a9
> >
> > Look for those ids here: <http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html>
> >
> > Unfortunately, though, the spca5xx driver crashes for me on recent FC
> > kernels:
>
> At another site, the author and maintainer of the device drivers for
> webcams said he was quiting. He said that for some of the core
> developers issuing a binary only was too major a sin and that all
> support would have the plug pulled in the kernel. Yeah, I was noting
> that there were no versions remotely recent and I would have to install
> a Krusty Kernel.  I can't yum gnomemeeting so maybe that is in jeopardy
> too? That sucks... now I have two of the critters. <chortles> and no
> video phone capacity. I hate when that happens. I think I'll pang on
> Logitech and see what the response is. I almost pine for the days when
> it was assumed that you would burn your own kernel and spend a week
> getting it work. <grins> Ric
>
>

gnomemeeting is now called ekiga so : yum install ekiga

You _could_ download the kernel src.rpm and roll your own.

I actually haven't take a look at your output yet...been busy.,.. may
do that tonight.

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