Philips webcam

[anthony baldwin]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 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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>   
Well, looks like you found the module.
Did you go to "settings>configure>devices" in Kopete to
set up the device?

/tony

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