Difference between revisions of "Set up a Webcam with Linux"

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  /dev/video: No such file or directory
 
  /dev/video: No such file or directory
 
=> very poor! It does not even give a recommendation what I should do.
 
=> very poor! It does not even give a recommendation what I should do.
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modprobe gspca
 +
=> now it works
  
 
= Approach 4 =  
 
= Approach 4 =  
 
  yast -i uvcvideo
 
  yast -i uvcvideo

Revision as of 18:17, 8 October 2008

Approach 1

http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/linux-driver-for-quickcam-usb-cameras-logitech-quickcam-fusion/

Approach 2

Go to http://www.goldmann.de/webcam-linux_tipp_408.html and search for qc-usb-messenger at google because the link is stale

Approach 3

Use gqcam from

yast -i gqcam

result:

/dev/video: No such file or directory

=> very poor! It does not even give a recommendation what I should do.

modprobe gspca

=> now it works

Approach 4

yast -i uvcvideo