Re: Which webcam works on Debian Etch?

2009-01-05 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Csanyi Pal wrote: Well, how stable is Lenny now? Must I upgrade from Etch to Lenny because of using a webcam? you can install only the kernel from lenny (with related modules if you are using any extentions) the uvc webcams is said to become a standard as microsoft is trying to

Re: Which webcam works on Debian Etch?

2009-01-03 Thread Chris Davies
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br wrote: Some may not work even in the latest released kernel (newer than the Debian one). Like my Pixart one (093a:2621), for instance. Apparently it's supported in 2.6.27 but when I tried that from experimental last night it didn't seem to work

Which webcam works on Debian Etch?

2008-12-30 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hi, I search here for answer: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/ but find nothing about webcams. Does it mean that that every webcam works on Debian GNU/Linux Etch system? -- Regards, Paul Csanyi http://www.freewebs.com/csanyi-pal/index.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Which webcam works on Debian Etch?

2008-12-30 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Csanyi Pal escreveu: Hi, I search here for answer: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/ but find nothing about webcams. The uvcvideo supports a bunch of them, see the list at http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ . It's integrated in the lenny kernel (probably not the etch one, but you could

Re: Which webcam works on Debian Etch?

2008-12-30 Thread Csanyi Pal
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br writes: Csanyi Pal escreveu: Hi, I search here for answer: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/ but find nothing about webcams. The uvcvideo supports a bunch of them, see the list at http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ . It's integrated in

Re: Which webcam works on Debian Etch?

2008-12-30 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Csanyi Pal escreveu: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br writes: I'd say no. There are some that work, and some that don't. However, in Etch things will be slightly more difficult than in Lenny. How do you mean that Newer kernel = more hardware supported. (With some very

Re: Which webcam works on Debian Etch?

2008-12-30 Thread Csanyi Pal
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br writes: Csanyi Pal escreveu: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br writes: I'd say no. There are some that work, and some that don't. However, in Etch things will be slightly more difficult than in Lenny. How do you mean that

Re: Which webcam works on Debian Etch?

2008-12-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 2008 December 30 12:57:13 Csanyi Pal wrote: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br writes: Well, how stable is Lenny now? http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/12/msg6.html http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ Must I upgrade from Etch to Lenny because

Re: Which webcam works on Debian Etch?

2008-12-30 Thread Csanyi Pal
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net writes: On Tuesday 2008 December 30 12:57:13 Csanyi Pal wrote: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br writes: Must I upgrade from Etch to Lenny because of using a webcam? You could just upgrade the kernel package and what it requires from

Re: Which webcam works on Debian Etch?

2008-12-30 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Csanyi Pal wrote: So on Debian Etch with linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 #1 SMP one can't to use a webcam that just works? Or there are some deb packages to must to install on Etch to can to use some webcam? Depends on the cam. Some might work, some might need you to compile a new kernel

Re: Which webcam works on Debian Etch?

2008-12-30 Thread Csanyi Pal
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br writes: Csanyi Pal wrote: So on Debian Etch with linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 #1 SMP one can't to use a webcam that just works? Or there are some deb packages to must to install on Etch to can to use some webcam? Depends on the cam.

Re: Which webcam works on Debian Etch?

2008-12-30 Thread thveillon.debian
Csanyi Pal a écrit : Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net writes: On Tuesday 2008 December 30 12:57:13 Csanyi Pal wrote: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br writes: Must I upgrade from Etch to Lenny because of using a webcam? You could just upgrade the kernel package and