Philips webcam

[Dotan Cohen]

On 04/01/2008, Gerald Dachs <ubuntu at dachsweb.de> wrote:
> 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.


feisty at feisty-laptop:~$ find /lib/modules/ -name pwc.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc.ko
feisty at feisty-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe pwc
feisty at feisty-laptop:~$

However, the webcam is still not showing up in Kopete. I understand
that your time is valuable, and I appreciate the advice.

Dotan Cohen

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