| gabriel rosenkoetter on Fri, 25 Jan 2002 21:10:19 +0100 |
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On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 01:27:13PM -0500, Jaiwant Mulik wrote: > Is http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1327076331 > this the Connectix camera you have in mind ? Not exactly, but it's close enough. (Mine's beige.) > Yes, you are right, it is not the kernel version that really matter but > rather how the drivers are creating the device files. For example, the > cpia driver creates /dev/video and /dev/video0 while another one creates a > directory /dev/video underwhich you have several video_XX device files. > > Unfortunately though this means that the some software that was hardcoded > to use one device does not now work ... but again that is not a kernel or > driver problem. Umm... the software's open source, isn't it? Even if it (boneheadedly) doesn't let you specify the device from the UI, just change the static string and recompile... -- gabriel rosenkoetter gr@eclipsed.net Attachment:
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