Rich, can you tell me where did you find a good copy of the 2.4.14 Kernel and Can you suggest me a procedure to recompile the kernel ? Thank you for your Help Mario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Drewes" <drewes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 11:33 PM Subject: Re: webcam trouble > Greg Sarsons wrote: > > >I'm having some trouble trying to get a webcam working. It is a > >Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 which is supposed to be supported by the > >Phillips USB webcam drivers. > > > It works for me on kernel 2.4.14 with no module options. It did *not* > work on 2.4.8 or so--the pwc module included with the kernel at that > time didn't recognize the particular USB identifier for the QuickCam 3000. > > Be aware that you probably won't be able to get the higher resolutions > out of the camera unless you also insmod the pwcx.o module. This module > is supplied binary only, unfortunately. For this reason, even though > the picture quality from the QuickCam 3000 is among the best of the USB > cameras I've used under Linux, I'd recommend an ov511 based camera like > the Creative WebCam Plus since it is all open source, with a good > quality picture at the same resolution (640x480). > > Rich > > -- > "This is the traditional role of government: first create scarcity and > then misallocate it." > > --Fred L. Smith Jr., "Liberty" Aug 2001 p. 13 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list >
