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webcam isnt recognized how do i get it to work??

Re: webcam not being recognized by simply mepis

paulywauly wrote:

webcam isnt recognized how do i get it to work??

What BRAND of webcam? Does the Control Center see it? etc.

the_captn

webcam specs

it isnt recognized when i type kudzu -p

the cam is an earthlink sprint webcam

control center doesnt see it either

web cam

I still cant get it to be recognized any suggestions

Is it USB? Does it show up

Is it USB? Does it show up in lsusb? It might have a Veo/Xirlink chipset, for which there are Linux drivers. A couple of relevant links:

http://www.linux.com/howtos/Webcam-HOWTO/devices.shtml
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xirlinkwebcam/

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