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On 10/19/2010 03:01 PM, Bill Wright wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 19, 2010 05:38:28 pm Nils Kassube 
> wrote:
>> Bill Wright wrote:
>> > cheese is what I used with UBUNTU I dont see it listed 
> for
>> > KDE
>> 
>> It may not be listed in kpackagekit but if you use 
> synaptic, you can
>> install it. Or from the command line, if you don't insist on 
> using a GUI
>> application you can use this command:
>> 
>> sudo apt-get install cheese
>> 
>> After it is installed, you should find it in the multimedia 
> submenu of
>> the k-menu.
>> 
>> 
>> Nils
> I did a cmd line install as suggested. worked like a charm. 
> THANKS!
> 

You may also like guvcview if the camera is uvc:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/pt/lucid/graphics/guvcview
$ sudo apt-get install guvcview
then
Applications|Sound & Video|guvcview
I've found that guvcview provides better controls/results than cheese
(for me).