On Wednesday 15 Mar 2006 09:17, Tobias Gerschner wrote: > > > - out-of-the-box setup & configuration for external devices (webcam , > > digikam , usb-hdd) > > tricky, absolutely no clue how to handle this properly. IMO we need a > team of 5 testers to be available to do live tests ( lots of try and > error)
The big issue with webcams etc is the sheer numbers of differing chipsets. I personally think that the best way forward is to possibly include support for those which are well known ( and probably already in the kernel anyway!), then use the wiki to support the different types. My own Sweex/Chicony how-to can be modified fairly easily to run with the new Yoper I guess - as long as the needed bits and bobs are included in the kernel - usbvideo and videodev. Including something like either camorama or camstream - together with v4l support, is the basic need to get webcams running. No idea re the other things - as far as I am aware, the digital cameras I use are all happy to work with the Linux kernel and the basic tools - though I tend to simply set them up as /dev/sdaX etc and create a mount point. If hotplugging support would do this without any input from the user - i.e detect the camera or other usb device - and mouint it ready to go - that would be good. It certainly works in some distros. > > @Mark how about a team meeting on 24/25th March AND 1/2nd April ? So > we have more overall activity. > > regards > > -- > Tobias Gerschner > Member of Board of Yoper Ltd. NZ > > Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. The team meetings sound good Tobias. I shall send round a mail on this in a few days :) Mark _______________________________________________ yoper-dev mailing list [email protected] https://morpheus.pingos.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yoper-dev
