Hello Moshe I had a webcam working with skype. It used 100% cpu. I deleted skype for various reasons and won't enter them here. I am curious to know how much cpu ekiga uses with the camera? Moreover, don't try to understand skype, because it isn't understandable.
2009/2/19 Moshe Brace using Yahoo <mbrace...@yahoo.co.uk> > Well I have only praise to say in the way Shlomi Fish answered my queries > regarding my Webcam problems, even though I have not succeeded to get it to > work. He compiled a file from source for webcams for me. I would never have > been able to do this. > > As a newbe I really appreciate any help I get in sorting out and > understanding Linux. Although Mandriva 2009.0 goes some way to making Linux > easier to use, there are bugs like this that make one scratch their head. My > Logitech Quickcam 8.4.8 Webcam works well in Cheese and Ekiga showing an > excellent picture. My previous camera a Pixart PAC207 worked in Skype with > Mandriva 2008.1 Spring but in 2009.0 it doesn't. I have read in Forums that > other distros also suffer this. So the problem may be with Skype not knowing > how to recognise Webcams correctly without a tweak somewhere. I would love > to know what to tweak. > > I tried adding to /etc/modprobe.d a folder called quickcam and in it a text > file quickcam.txt that had the line typed: > options quickcam compatible=6 > > I ended up reinstalling Mandriva 2009.0 because the 2008.0 disk must be > damaged and spending hours installing favourite programmes after it updated. > > > I have decided to live with no Webcam and Canoscan 3200f likewise when > using Linux, it beats reinstalling. > > This is a copy of lsusb: > > > Anyone got any ideas on this. > > Distro Mandriva 2009.0 Gnome Desktop > > Can this Logitech QuickCam Chat v8.4.8 be installed so Skype can use it? > Ekiga and Cheese recognises work the Camera OK - video display good. > > > [r...@localhost ~]# lsusb > > Bus 008 Device 002: ID 03eb:3301 Atmel Corp. at433301 4-port Hub > Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 > > Bus 002 Device 004: ID 1307:0165 Transcend Information, Inc. > > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04a9:2216 Canon, Inc. Canoscan3200F > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 > Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 > Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 > > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 > Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 > Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:08a6 Logitech, Inc. > Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 > > [r...@localhost ~]# > > Moshe > > > --- On *Thu, 19/2/09, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@iglu.org.il>* wrote: > > From: Shlomi Fish <shlo...@iglu.org.il> > Subject: Re: Linux experts do not want to be bothered with newbie > questions! (was:Re: No noobs?) > To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > Date: Thursday, 19 February, 2009, 1:16 PM > > > On Thursday 19 February 2009 00:40:07 Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > I don't see you, Dotan Cohen, asking questions which were already > asked > > > recently. I > don't think that any of your example questions would > > > currently qualify as noob questions. Long time has passed since > anyone > > > compiled his own kernel in Linux-IL or discussed writing a driver. > > > > Having unique problems is not the blessing that it looks like! > > > > Going through the gnubies list, though, I am starting to have two > feelings: > > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/gnubies-il/messages/?yguid=342368143 > > > > 1) Too much spam. Shlomi made a post about the list being moderated, > > and right after that there is a spam. > > That's probably because the spammer has subscribed to the list, and had > already posted from this address before I made the list "first-time > moderated". In the long-term, spam should still be eliminated there. > > > > > 2) The current noob post is titled "Help with ubuntu.... please... > ". > > This will be easy for the gurus to > ignore, and if you are bored, you > > could get in there and help the guy. We _need_ more Linux users in > > Israel, and just ignoring the noobs will make them go back to the OS > > that they came from. If anything, we have one more user filling up > > Israeli apache logfiles with guarenteed non-IE hits. > > Right. > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > Stop Using MSIE - http://www.shlomifish.org/no-ie/ > > <mauke> I'm not interested in what you're doing; what are you > trying to > achieve? > <PerlJam> mauke: I'm trying to achieve world peace and this regex is > the last thing standing in my way! ;) > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing > list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > >
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