Gavin Carr wrote: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 06:12:43PM +0100, Andrew Allen wrote: >> On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 12:16 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: >>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Andrew Allen <andy.al...@virgin.net> >>> wrote: >>>> Does anybody know where I can find a driver for a Logitech E2500 webcam. >>>> I'm running CentOS 5 on my desktop and want to add a webcam for skype >>>> use. If I can yum install a driver from one of the repos that would be >>>> great. >>>> >>>> Andy >>> You may want to check out this CentOS wiki: >>> >>> http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList/Webcams >> Thanks - so do I just yum install dkms.noarch >> 2.0.22.0-1.el5.rf from rpmforge? > > No, 'yum install dkms-gspca'. That will pick up dkms as well if required. > > >>> and also ELRepo's kmod-video4linux driver: >>> >>> http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-video4linux&highlight=webcam >> Sorry - I don't understand what the actual package name is for this one >> and how do I install it? > > rpm -Uvh http://elrepo.org/elrepo-release-0.1-1.el5.elrepo.noarch.rpm > yum install kmod-video4linux > > > You don't want both though - try one, and if that doesn't work uninstall > it and try the other. > > Cheers, > Gavin >
I would go with the elrepo driver (but I'm biased) as it's more recent whereas the older gspca driver is now merged in the V4L/DVB tree. Gavin gave details above on how to install :) _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
