gabriel rosenkoetter on Fri, 25 Jan 2002 21:10:19 +0100


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Re: [PLUG] 2.4.17+ Kernel Webcams.


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...

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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