suggest a webcam and scanner that "just work" with NLD9 (SUSE 9.1)
Can you guys suggest some webcams that will "just work" with NLD9? I mean, no drivers, no patching, no other effort... Just plug it in and start using it. Should be a known and common model, nothing fancy, USB, and have 640x480. Maybe something from Creative, Philips, Logitec whatever. The same for a scanner, USB, no drivers required. HP maybe? Thanks.
On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 15:28 +0300, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
Can you guys suggest some webcams that will "just work" with NLD9? I mean, no drivers, no patching, no other effort... Just plug it in and start using it.
Should be a known and common model, nothing fancy, USB, and have 640x480.
Maybe something from Creative, Philips, Logitec whatever.
The same for a scanner, USB, no drivers required. HP maybe?
Thanks.
It does not matter which model you use it will still need a driver to work. The driver is the piece of software that communicates between the OS and the hardware. It is only a question of which are supported by NLD9 out of the box. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
On Thursday 09 June 2005 15:54, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 15:28 +0300, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
Can you guys suggest some webcams that will "just work" with NLD9? I mean, no drivers, no patching, no other effort... Just plug it in and start using it.
Should be a known and common model, nothing fancy, USB, and have 640x480.
Maybe something from Creative, Philips, Logitec whatever.
The same for a scanner, USB, no drivers required. HP maybe?
Thanks.
It does not matter which model you use it will still need a driver to work. The driver is the piece of software that communicates between the OS and the hardware. It is only a question of which are supported by NLD9 out of the box.
That was the question, a webcam and scanner that have the drivers included in NLD9 (SUSE 9.1), that are detected, supported and cause no trouble.
The same for a scanner, USB, no drivers required. HP maybe?
Well.... my HP Scanjet 2200C is one of those that just works. It uses the Plustek backend. I plug it in, YaST pops up saying it's found new hardware, I tell the compter that it's an HP2200C and click Finish... a few seconds later it's a working scanner. It's been working like that for several versions of SuSE. I've not tried it in NDL9 though... Problem is... the 2200C is an older scanner and you probably won't find it in the shops if you're out buying new... Easiest to check the supported hardware database on the SuSE (Novell) website. There you will geta goo idea of how well a particular scanner works. Compare what's available where you are to the list... C.
On Friday 10 June 2005 07:48, Clayton wrote:
Easiest to check the supported hardware database on the SuSE (Novell) website. There you will geta goo idea of how well a particular scanner works. Compare what's available where you are to the list...
This might be true for scanners, and there's also this list, as I found out: http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html Searching for webcams on Novell's site doesn't give any result. So I'm still hoping that someone will recommend something. I only found this page http://alpha.ovcam.org/ov511/cameras.html 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.
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
On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 11:45 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
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:
Check http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/search_res.php?pattern=video as well. It has a list of many different usb devices ans whether or not they work. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
Ken Schneider wrote:
On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 11:45 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
Check http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/search_res.php?pattern=video as well. It has a list of many different usb devices ans whether or not they work.
Excellent site. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
On Friday 10 June 2005 07:48, Clayton wrote:
Easiest to check the supported hardware database on the SuSE (Novell) website. There you will geta goo idea of how well a particular scanner works. Compare what's available where you are to the list...
This might be true for scanners, and there's also this list, as I found out:
http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html
Searching for webcams on Novell's site doesn't give any result. So I'm still hoping that someone will recommend something.
I only found this page http://alpha.ovcam.org/ov511/cameras.html
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.
I only have a lowly Creative Labs webcam (ov511 based) and it's been working for years without any effort. I haven't upgraded any of my USB hardware in ages, but I get by fine with the stuff below Scanner: Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 610 FlightGear/X-Plane: CH Products, Inc. Flight Sim Pedals Genesys Logic, Inc. Card Reader Printer: Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 840c FlightGear/X-Plane: CH Products, Inc. Flight Sim Yoke Camera: Kodak Co. DX3600 Serial Port: Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port OmniVision Technologies, Inc. OV511+ WebCam The place to check out what works out of the box and what doesn't ...... http://www.linux-usb.org/devices.html Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
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