Hi,
> ........
> Hope this helps.
> I am well pleased, and the camera works fine, but would be
> happy pick the
> brains of anyone willing to share experiences with Linux
> webcam software..
> I am a novice in this respect, and am making painfully slow progress.
I'd advise asking on one of the linux-usb mailing lists.
See www.linux-usb.org/mailing.html for info.
> > Add the following to /etc/conf.modules:
> > path[usb]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`
> > path[usb]=/lib/modules/`kernelversion`
> > path[usb]=/lib/modules
> >
> > Now I manually have to execute every time I boot:
> > insmod videodev
> > (insmod usbcore complains:
> > no module by that name found
> > even though it's there)
> > insmod cpia
> > (insmod cpia_usb says:
> > a module named cpia_usb already exists)
> >
> > Why isn't all this set up automatically by
> > the installation process? An ordinary
> > hardcore developer like me shouldn't need
> > to know that much about software written
> > by other developers :)
Well, some of this is probably done by a distro.
A few of them already include USB, but not any
USB hotplug (PNP) support, because we are still
working on that.
~Randy
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