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Hi. I have hanged a webcam on my SuSE 9.2, and its detected in the SuSE Hardware Tool. If I want to see the webcam in xawtv, I get this message: xawtv This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.8-24.3-default) can't open /dev/video0: Function not implemented v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway v4l2: open /dev/video0: Function not implemented v4l2: open /dev/video0: Function not implemented v4l: open /dev/video0: Function not implemented no video grabber device available What is to be done here ?. Erik Jakobsen
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On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 17:27 +0100, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
Hi.
I have hanged a webcam on my SuSE 9.2, and its detected in the SuSE Hardware Tool.
If I want to see the webcam in xawtv, I get this message:
xawtv This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.8-24.3-default) can't open /dev/video0: Function not implemented v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway v4l2: open /dev/video0: Function not implemented v4l2: open /dev/video0: Function not implemented v4l: open /dev/video0: Function not implemented no video grabber device available
What is to be done here ?.
Erik Jakobsen
You probably need the appropriate driver for your particular model. Google throws up a lot of stuff: you could start with: http://www.linux.com/howtos/Webcam-HOWTO/index.shtml though its a little out of date. David -- Registered Linux User No 207521 The Linux Counter: http://counter.li.org/ "The above is my personal opinion and does not necessarily reflect that of the little voices in my head."
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David Robertson wrote:
On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 17:27 +0100, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
You probably need the appropriate driver for your particular model. Google throws up a lot of stuff: you could start with:
http://www.linux.com/howtos/Webcam-HOWTO/index.shtml
though its a little out of date.
David
Thanks David. It's a very good site you gave me. Erik
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