What webcam will work Ubuntu 7.10

OOOpps srry the driver is OmniVision Technologies Inc.

Mike.

I found something about your OmniVision Technologies Inc webcam

Try this http://www.rastageeks.org/ov51x-jpeg/index.php/Ov51xJpegHackedInstall

in short:

Please open a terminal from Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then add this rows at the end of file copy and paste from here:

# ov51x-jpeg repository
deb http://www.rastageeks.org/downloads/debian binary/
deb-src http://www.rastageeks.org/downloads/debian source/

Save and close

Then type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ov51x-jpeg-source module-assistant camorama
sudo module-assistant a-i ov51x-jpeg
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ov51x-jpeg

Then edit your /etc/modules file:

sudo gedit /etc/modules

and add this row:
ov51x-jpeg

Save and exit and reboot your pc.
Open Camorama from menu: Applications->Graphics->Camorama

Hope this help

>
Thank you for your help, but alas this did not work.

When clicking on Camorama I get this error.

Could not connect to Video device (/dev/video0)

Mike.

Your video device may be called /dev/video instead of /dev/video0. They look like files so go there and check if it exists.

Well I tried that, but I got A I dont have permission coming back at me.
I shall guy another webcam called Logitech 4000 pro

Mike.

On 15/11/2007, Jim Qode <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Jim Qode proposed the following answer:
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Try to change permission to the /dev/video

Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo chmod 777 /dev/video

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then try ekiga and from Edit->Preferences->Device->Video Device : Video Plugin - select v4l2

Thank you

marcobra wrote:
> Your question #17831 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/17831
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> marcobra proposed the following answer:
> Try to change permission to the /dev/video
>
> Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal
> and type:
>
> sudo chmod 777 /dev/video
>
> give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you
> type it, then press enter.
>
> Then try ekiga and from Edit->Preferences->Device->Video Device : Video
> Plugin - select v4l2
>
> Thank you
>
>
Ok I done exactly as you said, and got this error.

chmod: cannot access `/dev/video': No such file or directory

Mike.

It now works, I tried another USB card.

Thank you very much.