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Re: [LUG] quickcam woes

 

On Monday 30 Jan 2006 15:24, Steve Marvell wrote:
> I really can't get this quickcam to work under linux:
>
> When I first boot up, I get a "Message too long" error, but once I've
> pissed around taking the module in and out of the kernel, ...
>
<snip>

Try the 'testquickcam' program included with the source. It'll try and grab a 
single frame from the camera which it'll save as pic.ppm (IIRC). That'll tell 
you whether you're having a driver issue or a xawtv/V4L issue.

HTH,
David.

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