http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5946
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-24-09 17:30 ------- Le mer 24/09/2003 à 16:50, [kevin.perros] a écrit : Sorry, I forgot that the list was an English one so : "It seems to me that pwcx is only avaible as a binary. It is developped by a former Philips engineer under a NDA to protect Philips IP on the "stuning image compression scheme used in the Webcam", what make one laughs because it is for sure a variant of a well known algorithm. I think thtat Mandrake doesn't want to distribute it because of IP problems. More information about that is welcome because my Philips webcam doesn't work with Mandrake kernels, since the 9.1 version at least, whereas it works with a standard 2.4 or 2.6.0-test5 kernel (by the way, pwcx is *not* released with the kernel AFAIK, it must be downloaded as an i386 binary). -- Configure bugmail: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: RESOLVED creation_date: description: It seems that pwcx module is needed to be able to use some webcam devices with xawtv or gnomemeeting. pwc Philips PCA645/646 + PCVC675/680/690 + PCVC730/740/750 webcam module version 8.11 loaded. Sep 24 15:35:21 pcpc kernel: pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30, Sep 24 15:35:21 pcpc kernel: pwc the Creative WebCam 5, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100. Sep 24 15:35:21 pcpc kernel: usb.c: registered new driver Philips webcam Sep 24 15:35:21 pcpc kernel: pwc Creative Labs Webcam 5 detected. Sep 24 15:35:21 pcpc kernel: pwc Registered as /dev/video1. Sep 24 15:36:10 pcpc kernel: pwc This Creative Labs Webcam 5 camera is equipped with a Hyundai CMOS sensor (0). Sep 24 15:36:12 pcpc kernel: pwc Video mode [EMAIL PROTECTED] fps is only supported with the decompressor module (pwcx). Sep 24 15:36:12 pcpc kernel: pwc Video mode [EMAIL PROTECTED] fps is only supported with the decompressor module (pwcx). Sep 24 15:36:13 pcpc kernel: pwc Video mode [EMAIL PROTECTED] fps is only supported with the decompressor module (pwcx).
