Philips webcam

[Gerald Dachs]

Am Thu, 3 Jan 2008 23:30:52 +0200
schrieb "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com>:

> On 03/01/2008, Gerald Dachs <ubuntu at dachsweb.de> wrote:
> > Am Thu, 3 Jan 2008 22:01:20 +0200
> > schrieb "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > I have just received a Philips SPC610NC webcam. I found this page
> > > linked from the Philips website, but I'd like to have a second
> > > opinion before I install this stuff:
> > > http://saillard.org/linux/pwc/
> >
> > Bad idea, because the pwc module is already part of every ubuntu
> > kernel package.
> >
> > Why do you search the web, but not your own machine?
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> 
> Sorry, what do you mean by search my own machine? Teach me!

Not enough time and normally I get paid for doing this, but
the command 'find /lib/modules/ -name pwc.ko' should show you
the place where the pwc kernel module on your machine
resides. The command find is a very strong and useful command, 
'man find' will show you all options. A 'sudo modprobe pwc'
should load it. I own an older Philips Webcam that works fine
with this module, but I don't believe that your new model still
uses this old driver, so follow the advice you got from Thomas Kaiser.

Gerald