dsholden Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 When I plug my USB webcam in, HardDrake recognizes it as follows: Identification Vendor: VLSI Vision Ltd. Description: CPiA WebCam Media class: Connection Bus: USB Bus PCI #: 1 PCI device #: 2 Vendor ID: 1363 Device ID: 2 Misc Module: cpia_usb According to http://webcam.sourceforge.net/ the CPiA driver is in the kernel since 2.5.x The cam came with windoze software on the driver disk. What software program do I need to run to utilize my cam under Mandrake 10.1 Community? My PC: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ PCChips MB, SiS650 GUI 2D/3D Accelerator, SiS7012 PCI Audio Accelerator, SiS900 10/100 Ethernet, SiS 740 Host-to-PCI Bridge, 5591/5592 AGP, SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO], SiS 5513 [iDE], SiS 7001 USB, SiS 7002 USB 2.0 Controller, SiS961/962 SMBus Controller. FujitsuMPC3064AT Iomega ZIP 100 ATAPI Lite-On Technology Corp.LTR-16101B CDRW TDK DVDRW0404N DVD-RW H1440 floppy PS/2 optical mouse HP psc 1310 series all-in one printer/scanner Best Data 56SX-92 external serial modem KDS Visual Sensations VS195 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 fire up gqcam or camstream and see if either can find it. Hope that helps! Kristi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 gnomemeeting should be able to see it, too, if you want to use it for video chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsholden Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 gqcam & camstream are not yet at a 1.0 release. Do you have any experience using them, kristi? I'd like to avoid progs that will freeze or crash my system. Do I have to be using the Gnome desktop in order to use Gnomemeeting or can I use it while running KDE (my preferred window mgr.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 (edited) Gnomemeeting is compatible with other DE/WMs as long as you have the dependencies to install it, and as the name suggests, you can use it to chat with people who are using Netmeeting. Edited February 25, 2005 by Steve Scrimpshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsholden Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Thanks Steve. I have installed G*meeting and will report back on my results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 <I was away for a bit> Only a little experience using camstream with my CS330 cam, (bad) and gqcam with my new Labtec Pro cam - seemed fine. I did at one build have gnomemeeting up and that seemed to work fine as well. <at the moment I'm playing with 10.2b3. let us know what your experiences are. Kristi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsholden Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Gnomemeeting recognized my cam right away. Cam is working fine (for a cheapo crappy cam!) but I can't get the sound to work. That's a different problem though. Problem solved! Thanks!! Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Gnomemeeting recognized my cam right away. Cam is working fine (for a cheapo crappy cam!) but I can't get the sound to work. That's a different problem though. Problem solved! Thanks!! Don <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You're welcome! Kristi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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