Re: [Hampshire] Cheap Webcam..................but will it wo…

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Author: Tony Whitmore
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Cheap Webcam..................but will it work
Tim wrote:

> 03/10/08 20:20:58 titan kernel usbcore: registered new interface driver gspca
> 03/10/08 20:20:58 titan kernel Linux video capture interface: v2.00
> 03/10/08 20:20:57 titan kernel usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using
> uhci_hcd and address 9
> 03/10/08 20:20:57 titan kernel usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>
> lsusb return the following relevant line:
>
> Bus 003 Device 009: ID 093a:2460 Pixart Imaging, Inc.
>
> Now looking at the syslog output I guessed that gspca is the driver so I had a
> quick google and found the following site
>
> http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html
>
> Now as far as I know the gspca driver is load (according to lsmod), but now I
> am a bit lost as to what to do next.


It looks like it's been detected as a v4l2 device (Video For Linux 2).
It's good that it's been detected but bad because not many webcam
applications support v4l2, only the older v4l.

However, you should be able to fire up Ekiga, run through the config
wizard and see yourself using the camera!

Tony