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27 Jan
2006
27 Jan
'06
16:12
On Friday 27 January 2006 14:09, Steve Graegert wrote:
On 1/27/06, Mr Jiff <geoff@gwh.uklinux.net> wrote:
I cannot seem to get anywhere with the pwc driver. Whatever I do I get a "Broken Pipe" message. This is SuSE-10 OSS on an Athlon XP2000 system
v4l-conf -c /dev/video1 v4l-conf: using X11 display :0.0 dga: version 2.0 mode: 1280x1024, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=5120, base=0xd0000000 can't open /dev/video1: Broken pipe <snip> Is the device you're using connected to an USB hub? If so, try without.
\Steve
That was the problem Steve. I've plugged it directly to the motherboard's usb connector and all's well. Thank you for saving what remains of my hair! Geoff