Subj : Re: How to get a USB cam to work
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Greg G
Date : Tue Jun 15 2004 10:44 am



Sybren Stuvel wrote:
> Greg G enlightened us with:
> 
>>I'm reading this that there's something strange in the driver wrt
>>"cpia_register_camera" but that it's recognising the device since
>>usbcore registers the driver.  Is that not what I'm seeing?
> 
> 
> How can the fact that usbcore registers the driver be the same as
> recognising the device? A proper 'insert' of a device (in this case my
> mouse) looks like this:
> 
> usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using address 3
> input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:10.1-2

So what's the difference between that and this:
   usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address
Is it that there's no second line?  What should I expect to see for a 
webcam?

>>Easier said than done, I'm afraid.  This box is already in use for a
>>number of projects.
> 
> Why are you using an unstable release for projects that need so much
> time that you can't pause them for a few hours to install a new system?

    It's not unstable for me.  I'm quite pleased with it.  Additionally, 
nothing you've said conculsively indicates that this cam will work with 
FC1 or RH 9, even, and I'm not willing to take the system down unless 
someone has actually gotten it to work.

-Greg G

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