On Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:06 C wrote:
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 18:15, Marco Calistri wrote:
The funny is that finally I can use my Philips SP530NC Webcam, including its embedded microphone within openSUSE 11.4
The sad is that to do it I have once again to use Microsoft Windows Xp as VirtualBox guest!
Several months and kernels passed since my bug-report, but sadly nothing changed
http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/wmeLDzcjeC9ggvstjU9V
The same identical issue is still present on 11.4.
This is one of the reasons why sometimes is better to have a "Microsoft option" near of you.
Or... you do your research and buy a webcam that is known to work in Linux... like a Logitech webcam. You cannot expect every device out there to work in Linux - we all know this sad fact. This is not to say that you cannot help out and get another webcam model working.... but... well, it pays to pick known working hardware vs. any random thing off the shelf in your local consumer electronics shop.
C.
Philips webcams used to work fantastically in SuSE, all the way up to 10.3 IIRR. For some odd reason the kernel people or the suse people or whomever it was, decided to remove the part that made them work. You know, the 'fix what ain't broke' people. This PoS Logitech 3000 I have is crap compared to my old Philips 740 webcam (yeah, I know the 3000 is old too, but not near as old as the Philips ToU I have still). Back before the support of Philips webcams was taken out of the kernel or whatever and we had to install it by hand (which was extremely easy with the instructions), this webcam was the clearest, with the best colors, of any I've seen since...and that's including new webcams (though I believe that the Logitech Orbit works very well in the later suse versions, IIRR). So don't blame old hardware...that's a throwback, garbage excuse to the days of Windows - every version of it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org