Webcam support under Ubuntu Dapper

[Jeremiah Foster]

On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 11:17 +0900, Dave M G wrote:
> > Check this page http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html
> > The spca5xx driver is already included in Ubuntu Dapper :-) But I 
> > don't know which release.
> >
> > Check http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html to see if your cam is 
> > supported by spca5xx. If so, it should work out of the box. Just plug 
> > in the cam and use it. There is also spcaview available to test 
> > webcam, but you have to compile it (it is not in the repositories of 
> > Ubuntu:-( ). 

> To be more accurate, I see on the web page you provided above that there 
> are some programs that work with the spca5 driver. But since they 
> involve compiling source code, which, to be honest, I hate doing, I 
> thought I'd try and find something in the repositories. I can't really 
> find anything, though.

I am in the same situation. I will try to hunt for info as well and
report back in this thread to see if we can get a thread in this forum
that might help others who wish to get video telephony up and running. I
am happy to compile source and if the source works and needs to be
packaged for Ubuntu I think I can even manage that as well.

I have to say that the above web site(s) is full of information but
poorly organized and hard to use. What is needed is a simple HOWTO that
everyone can use.

Jeremiah