disabling a TV tuner enabling Webcam

[Mark Fraser]

In article <9fc2408f0707100937j4f43b06cw394e086f67ed0077 at mail.gmail.com>,
   Tim M <southern.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a Creative NX webcam that works fairly well on my backup box but I
> cannot get it to run on this machine because I have an ATI TV tuner
> installed.

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> Is there a way in Kubuntu to disable the PCI device so that when I run
> Camorama? When I try to run it the program will only pick up my ATI card.
> Strange to say that in Kopete will pick up both the ATI tuner and the
> Cam. But I don't need the cam for Kopete. I use it to monitor my dog when
> I am gone.

Not sure if this will help, but have you tried Camstreams instead?