On Thursday 07 April 2005 23:57, Rikard Johnels wrote:
I cant seem to get the PWC module to run as supposed on my 9.2 instalation
uname -r = 2.6.8-24.14-smp pwc-10.0.6a downloaded and installed as per instructions in section 0 on the page; http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/linux/webcam.html The module compiled wo complaints.
This is from /var/log/messages as i do 'modprobe pwc'
Apr 7 23:42:21 sparhawk kernel: module pwc unsupported by SUSE/Novell, tainting kernel. Apr 7 23:42:21 sparhawk kernel: pwc Philips webcam module version 10.0.6-unofficial loaded. Apr 7 23:42:21 sparhawk kernel: pwc Supports Philips PCA645/646, PCVC675/680/690, PCVC720[40]/730/740/750 & PCVC830/840. Apr 7 23:42:21 sparhawk kernel: pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30, Apr 7 23:42:21 sparhawk kernel: pwc the Creative WebCam 5 & Pro Ex, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100. Apr 7 23:42:21 sparhawk kernel: pwc Trace options: 0x00a1 Apr 7 23:42:21 sparhawk kernel: usbcore: registered new driver Philips webcam
no indication of any device assigned..
I'm pretty sure the device is always /dev/video (unless you have more than one device, in which case video1, video2 etc) Have you tried it in a camera handling program?