Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
But it still seems that a lot of these webcams need effort to get going. I need one with everything already in the OS. It's not for my own use, it's for a good number of stations. They have to be plug and really play.
If you need several then your supplier should be co-operative! Take your OS on a laptop down to the nearest store and test each webcam in turn so you find which ones work and which ones don't. Or get your supplier to send you a box of samples :) I'm not an expert; I don't even have a webcam, though I've been looking at buying one. What I have read indicates that webcams are still something of a minefield (unlike scanners). To the extent that parts with the same model codes can sometimes have different chipsets inside. I got good hits from: http://www.google.com/linux?num=100&hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=drivers+webcam&btnG=Search Specific pages include: http://howtos.linux.com/howtos/Webcam-HOWTO/hardware.shtml http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/search_res.php?pattern=webcam www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/ http://www.exploits.org/v4l/ and apparently this may be a good list to ask your question: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list Cheers, Dave