Camorama

[Jim Smith]

Phil Pinkerton wrote:
> Try EasyCam ( apt-get install easycam )
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> It help me
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> Jim Smith wrote:
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>> I have not been able to make the webcam built into this laptop work
>> yet.Camorama looks for a webcam on /dev/video0 but this seems to be a
>> USB built-in.
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>> lsusb gives the following:
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>>> Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0ac8:c002 Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.
>>> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>>> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp.
>>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>>>     
>>>       
>> The first item is the webcam. Anyone deal with this problem?
>> Thank you
>>
>> Jim
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I did install easycam2 as well as xawtv.  Neither one can see a webcam.
Is /dev/video0 a symlink and if so to what?

Thank you

Jim