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On 04/03/12 08:32, Simon Robert -Cottage wrote:
As I'm coming late to this topic my apologies if this has already been pointed out.On 26/02/12 14:51, Tony Sumner wrote:try this one. It says specifically that it is linux friendly. I have one and it does work. But I'm pretty sure that most of them do "just work" and no drivers are needed.On Feb 26, 2012, Neil Winchurst wrote:Trouble is there are so many webcams around, so I am asking for some recommendations and/or warnings. If any members have some experience of using a webcam on Linux I would be grateful for any help.This could be helpful: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/archive/2007/05/msg00003.html (when you come to look for a driver) Tonyhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Kinobo-Megapixel-Webcam-Ubuntu-Desktop/dp/B002UAV8LS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330849438&sr=8-1Built in mic and various colour settings just in case you feel the need to broadcast yourself in inverted colour or b&w.Skype and the various webcam apps, cheese and kamoso certainly see it. Though pidgen can't, but I think this is pidgens problem.Simon
I've found that uvc compliant compliant webcams have a very good chance of working with linux OS's:
http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/ Keith -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All e-mails including their file attachments are scanned for viruses and spam using Symantec's and ClamAV's scan engines. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq