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Mark Jose wrote: > I was offline for a couple of days due to my server host deciding to change > the DNS servers and not bothering to let me know - so I have now moved it > all over to my other server, hosted on a much better (Linux) based system. > Anyway, that meant I missed a few days mail and, although I did give the > archives a quick scan, I missed the webcam stuff. > I do quite a lot of messing with webcams - including the Chicony Twinklecam > mentioned by Rob. Most of my Twinklecams are converted to IR, but yes, they > work in Linux. On Kubuntu, they are simply plug and play - you need some sort > of software (Kopete, camorama, camstream or whatever) to see the pictures, > but the cameras are detected and as Rob says, they load the sn9c10x driver > which works. > On older Linux distros, they didn't always work - and you had to put a bit > more effort in. The sn9c drivers didn't work for me on older distros and I > had to mess around quite a bit. I did write a how-to on them at the time > which still exists if anyone needs it. > > Another great cam is the Logitech Messenger. You need to be a little careful > which model you buy - not all work I suspect. I bought a couple from Ebuyer > which were mentioned on this list a while back - dirt cheap and work fine - > again, plug in and away they went. The older Logitech Messenger was a bit > more hassle - but I did get that working too and again, there is a how-to > available if anyone needs it. > > The PCL-300k doesn't work - I have tried that as well! > > Mark > Thats interesting, how did you convert them to IR? I'm really tempted to setup some cheap webcams as CCTV cameras in my house (either that or get a couple of network IP cameras). Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html