hi. i have a creative video blaster webcam ii that i cant get working. (and i've been trying feverishly for over a week now) i run redhat 7.1 (released with kernel 2.4.2-2) which installs with modular support for the 'cpia' based webcams, which from my research should be what my camera is. right off the bat, if i try and insert the module, i get this. Linux video capture interface: v1.00 V4L-Driver for Vision CPiA based cameras v0.7.4 Parallel port driver for Vision CPiA based cameras v0.7.4 Winbond Super-IO detection, now testing ports 3F0,370,250,4E,2E ... Winbond chip at EFER=0x3f0 key=0x87 devid=97 devrev=71 oldid=ff Winbond chip type 83977F/AF Winbond LPT Config: cr_30=01 60,61=0378 70=07 74=03, f0=02 Winbond LPT Config: active=yes, io=0x0378 irq=7, dma=3 Winbond LPT Config: irqtype=pulsed low, high-Z, ECP fifo threshold=0 Winbond LPT Config: Port mode=ECP SMSC Super-IO detection, now testing Ports 2F0, 370 ... 0x378: FIFO is 16 bytes 0x378: writeIntrThreshold is 16 0x378: readIntrThreshold is 16 parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP] parport0: irq 7 detected usb.c: registered new driver cpia now, from what i've been reading, somewhere in my logs it should say something like "0 cameras found" or "1 camera found", but i get nothing. i've read that you have to have support for 1284 something with your parralel port, so i tried recompiling the 2.4.2-2 kernel, but evidently redhat has sabotaged the kernel or something, because when it comes time to build the modules, it craps out. so i figured, i'll bump up to kernel 2.4.6, install all video and parralel support into the kernel. well, when i boot with 2.4.6, the only message about a camera i get is V4L-Driver for Vision CPiA based cameras v0.7.4 Parallel port driver for Vision CPiA based cameras v0.7.4 i've downloaded the latest (CVS) cpia module, and compiled and loaded it with the same results. also, i've seen mentioned is the references to /dev/video, well with redhat 7.1 /dev/video is a directory, so i've moved /dev/video to /dev/video~ and made /dev/video a link to /dev/video0, with same results. i've tried numerous programs to capture webcam images, most saying something to the fact that /dev/video is not a valid device... all i'd like to do is capture an image every couple seconds. if anyone can point me in the right direction!!! thanks joe
