On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 08:45, Greg Sarsons wrote: > On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 03:50, Florin wrote: > > > > Hello there, > > > > Usb Web cam problem > > > > 1. > > on my computer I simply plug in the DEXXA (or philipps) webcam and I get: > > [florin@mylinux florin]$ ll /dev/video* > > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 10 nov 6 11:10 /dev/video -> v4l/video0 > > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 10 nov 6 11:10 /dev/video0 -> v4l/video0 > > > > and dmesg command gives me: > > > > ... > > > > USB Quickcam camera found using: $Id: quickcam.c,v 1.80 2001/06/16 15:25:09 >wildfox Exp $ > > quickcam: HDCS1000-sensor ident:00 > > quickcam: Photobit-sensor ident:03 64 > > This Quickcam has a PB100 sensor! > > devfs: devfs_register(): device already registered: "v4l/video0" > > > > 2. > > in the /etc/lilo.conf I have devfs activated. > > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > label=linux > > root=/dev/hda5 > > append=" devfs=mount" > > read-only > > > > 3. > > > > I also have installed the hotplug package ... > > > > 4. > > Question: > > > > does your webcam work after manually inserting the module ? > > > > cheers, > > the hotplug package is installed on the computer. The devfs is mounted > in lilo.conf. > > I double checked and tried it again .. no /dev/video or video1 one is > created. > > Which module are you talking about installing manually vidoeodev or pwc? > > Hmmm ... i just received a response to my post on the v4l mailing list. > > The post said that on kernel 2.4.14 with no module options it worked. > But it did not work on 2.4.8 or so --- the pwc module included with the > kernel at that time didn't recognize the particular USB identifier wor > the quickcam 300. > > Greg >
How much trouble am I asking for if I try the latest kernel/modules from cooker with my stock 8.1? If it is do able what is the best way to go about trying this without breaking too much stuff (hopefully nothing would be broken). Greg
