Web cam recommendations?

[thomas cameron]

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Howdy -

I travel a pretty fair amount - over 115 nights in hotels in 2008.

I use Skype on Linux (both Fedora and RHEL) and I would love to be able
to use the web cam feature so I can see my kids before they go to bed.

Anyone got a known good web cam for this?  I've never owned a web cam so
this is completely new territory for me.

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Thanks!
Thomas
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[James Harrison]

Ive just been through the same process.

Go to the following link for a short list:
http://www.linux-drivers.org/usb_webcams.html

Cheers,
James

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From: Thomas Cameron 
To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." 
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:25:05 PM
Subject: Web cam recommendations?

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Howdy -

I travel a pretty fair amount - over 115 nights in hotels in 2008.

I use Skype on Linux (both Fedora and RHEL) and I would love to be able
to use the web cam feature so I can see my kids before they go to bed.

Anyone got a known good web cam for this?  I've never owned a web cam so
this is completely new territory for me.

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Thanks!
Thomas
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[Rahul Sundaram]

Thomas Cameron wrote:
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> Howdy -
>
> I travel a pretty fair amount - over 115 nights in hotels in 2008.
>
> I use Skype on Linux (both Fedora and RHEL) and I would love to be able
> to use the web cam feature so I can see my kids before they go to bed.
>
> Anyone got a known good web cam for this?  I've never owned a web cam so
> this is completely new territory for me.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterWebcamSupport#Test_Plan
http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/6317.html

Rahul

[Fernando Apesteguía]

On 2/23/09, Rahul Sundaram  wrote:
> Thomas Cameron wrote:
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> > Howdy -
> >
> > I travel a pretty fair amount - over 115 nights in hotels in 2008.
> >
> > I use Skype on Linux (both Fedora and RHEL) and I would love to be able
> > to use the web cam feature so I can see my kids before they go to bed.
> >
> > Anyone got a known good web cam for this?  I've never owned a web cam so
> > this is completely new territory for me.

Be aware that even in the case that the webcam is supported, Skype for
Linux is not well supported. In my case, Logitech QuickCam for
Notebooks works perfectly with Fedora 9, but with Skype when I try to
activate the webcam, the program aborts without any hints about the
problem.

You could try another choice like Ekiga, although I'm afraid to say it
doesn't reach the quality in video than Skype does (I can receive
video with Skype)

Another option could be AMSN. I got the webcam working with this one as well.

HTH
> >
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterWebcamSupport#Test_Plan
> http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/6317.html
>
> Rahul
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[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Fernando Apesteguía <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> On 2/23/09, Rahul Sundaram  wrote:
> > Thomas Cameron wrote:
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> > >
> > > Howdy -
> > >
> > > I travel a pretty fair amount - over 115 nights in hotels in 2008.
> > >
> > > I use Skype on Linux (both Fedora and RHEL) and I would love to be able
> > > to use the web cam feature so I can see my kids before they go to bed.
> > >
> > > Anyone got a known good web cam for this?  I've never owned a web cam
>
> so
> > > this is completely new territory for me.
>
> Be aware that even in the case that the webcam is supported, Skype for
> Linux is not well supported. In my case, Logitech QuickCam for
> Notebooks works perfectly with Fedora 9, but with Skype when I try to
> activate the webcam, the program aborts without any hints about the
> problem.

Skype does not support v4l2.

Maybe if you install  libv4l-0.5.8-1.fc10.i386 (it has to be the 32 bit
version)

and run (using a bash shell)

# to have a v4l interface on v4l2 devices
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /opt/skype

it will work. That is what I do with my A4tech PK-935.

[Fernando Apesteguía]

On 2/23/09, Paulo Cavalcanti  wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Fernando Apesteguía
>  wrote:
> > On 2/23/09, Rahul Sundaram  wrote:
> > > Thomas Cameron wrote:
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> > > >
> > > > Howdy -
> > > >
> > > > I travel a pretty fair amount - over 115 nights in hotels in 2008.
> > > >
> > > > I use Skype on Linux (both Fedora and RHEL) and I would love to be
>
> able
> > > > to use the web cam feature so I can see my kids before they go to bed.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone got a known good web cam for this?  I've never owned a web cam
>
> so
> > > > this is completely new territory for me.
> >
> > Be aware that even in the case that the webcam is supported, Skype for
> > Linux is not well supported. In my case, Logitech QuickCam for
> > Notebooks works perfectly with Fedora 9, but with Skype when I try to
> > activate the webcam, the program aborts without any hints about the
> > problem.
>
> Skype does not support v4l2.
>
> Maybe if you install  libv4l-0.5.8-1.fc10.i386 (it has to be the 32 bit
> version)
>
> and run (using a bash shell)
>
> # to have a v4l interface on v4l2 devices
> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /opt/skype
>
> it will work. That is what I do with my A4tech PK-935.

Ummm, thanks for the workaround. I will try it as soon as possible and
I will post the results. Too bad skype itself doesn't say anything but
'Aborted'.

Thanks!
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[Erik P. Olsen]

On 23/02/09 14:34, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
[snip]
> You could try another choice like Ekiga, although I'm afraid to say it
> doesn't reach the quality in video than Skype does (I can receive
> video with Skype)

What version of Skype do you have? The one I've got (version 2.0.0.72) does not
seem to have any video support at all.
[snip]

[Fernando Apesteguía]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> On 23/02/09 14:34, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> [snip]
> > You could try another choice like Ekiga, although I'm afraid to say it
> > doesn't reach the quality in video than Skype does (I can receive
> > video with Skype)
>
> What version of Skype do you have? The one I've got (version 2.0.0.72) does not
> seem to have any video support at all.

Hi,

I'm gonna open a new thread instead of hijacking the subject of this one :)
> [snip]
>
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[Erik P. Olsen]

On 23/02/09 22:41, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> > On 23/02/09 14:34, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > You could try another choice like Ekiga, although I'm afraid to say it
> > > doesn't reach the quality in video than Skype does (I can receive
> > > video with Skype)
> >
> > What version of Skype do you have? The one I've got (version 2.0.0.72) does not
> > seem to have any video support at all.
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm gonna open a new thread instead of hijacking the subject of this one :)

I don't think I hijacked the subject. It is about webcam recommendation for
Skype and I don't believe that Skype for linux has video support, so AFAICT no
webcam can be recommended at all. Or am I totally wrong?
> > [snip]

[Fernando Apesteguía]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> On 23/02/09 22:41, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> > > On 23/02/09 14:34, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > > > You could try another choice like Ekiga, although I'm afraid to say it
> > > > doesn't reach the quality in video than Skype does (I can receive
> > > > video with Skype)
> > >
> > > What version of Skype do you have? The one I've got (version 2.0.0.72) does not
> > > seem to have any video support at all.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm gonna open a new thread instead of hijacking the subject of this one :)
>
> I don't think I hijacked the subject. It is about webcam recommendation for
> Skype and I don't believe that Skype for linux has video support, so AFAICT no
> webcam can be recommended at all. Or am I totally wrong?

Maybe I did hijacked in first place, I'm not blaming you.

Skype has video support in Linux (well... it's not very well supported
actually).
> > > [snip]
>
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[Fernando Apesteguía]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> On 23/02/09 22:41, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> > > On 23/02/09 14:34, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > > > You could try another choice like Ekiga, although I'm afraid to say it
> > > > doesn't reach the quality in video than Skype does (I can receive
> > > > video with Skype)
> > >
> > > What version of Skype do you have? The one I've got (version 2.0.0.72) does not
> > > seem to have any video support at all.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm gonna open a new thread instead of hijacking the subject of this one :)
>
> I don't think I hijacked the subject. It is about webcam recommendation for
> Skype and I don't believe that Skype for linux has video support, so AFAICT no
> webcam can be recommended at all. Or am I totally wrong?

Maybe I did hijacked in first place, I'm not blaming you. :)

Skype has video support in Linux (well... it's not very well supported
actually) but I did manage to see other people.
> > > [snip]
>
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[John Horne]

On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 22:53 +0100, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> On 23/02/09 22:41, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> > > On 23/02/09 14:34, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > > > You could try another choice like Ekiga, although I'm afraid to say it
> > > > doesn't reach the quality in video than Skype does (I can receive
> > > > video with Skype)
> > >
> > > What version of Skype do you have? The one I've got (version 2.0.0.72) does not
> > > seem to have any video support at all.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm gonna open a new thread instead of hijacking the subject of this one :)
>
> I don't think I hijacked the subject. It is about webcam recommendation for
> Skype and I don't believe that Skype for linux has video support, so AFAICT no
> webcam can be recommended at all. Or am I totally wrong?
> > > [snip]

Totally wrong I would say. I've got a Logitech Quickcam pro 9000 on my
F10 box. It has both video and audio - works fine with skype.

John.

[Erik P. Olsen]

On 23/02/09 23:08, John Horne wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 22:53 +0100, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> > On 23/02/09 22:41, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> > > > On 23/02/09 14:34, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> > > > [snip]
> > > > > You could try another choice like Ekiga, although I'm afraid to say it
> > > > > doesn't reach the quality in video than Skype does (I can receive
> > > > > video with Skype)
> > > >
> > > > What version of Skype do you have? The one I've got (version 2.0.0.72) does not
> > > > seem to have any video support at all.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm gonna open a new thread instead of hijacking the subject of this one :)
> >
> > I don't think I hijacked the subject. It is about webcam recommendation for
> > Skype and I don't believe that Skype for linux has video support, so AFAICT no
> > webcam can be recommended at all. Or am I totally wrong?
> > > > [snip]
>
> Totally wrong I would say. I've got a Logitech Quickcam pro 9000 on my
> F10 box. It has both video and audio - works fine with skype.

Thanks, but I can't find any newer version than 2.0.0.72 and I can't see how you
enable video on this version.

[John Horne]

On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 23:41 +0100, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> Thanks, but I can't find any newer version than 2.0.0.72 and I can't see how you
> enable video on this version.

The package I am running is skype-2.0.0.72-fc5.i586 (albeit on an F10
x86_64 box).

I don't think I had to enable it as such, skype automatically found the
webcam as a usb device. However, right-clicking on the skype icon and
selecting 'options' shows a 'Video Devices' section. Within there there
are tick-boxes to enable video, and select the video device.

John.

Network Manager Only Allows 1 connection only

[Minson, John M Mr CTR]

all I want to do is add a second(static) ip (device alias 1) to my 
interface in addition to the dhcp address all ready being procured .
I can find no combinations of 'Network Manager' settings that allows 
this to happen .
If I plumb the interface manually after "Network Manager' is finished 
initializing it works fine .
If I turn off NM I get this in the log
   "localhost nm-system-settings:    ifcfg-rh: Ignoring connection 
'System eth0 ' and its device because NM_CONTROLLED was false."
   "localhost nm-system-settings:    ifcfg-rh: Ignoring connection 
'System eth0:1' and its device because NM_CONTROLLED was false."

this should not be this difficult

Network Manager Only Allows 1 connection only

[fchan]

Hi,
I think you need to configure this in 
/etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/. This is an excerpt of that 
directory when I do an ls -al of that directory and my primary device 
is ifcfg-eth1 and aliases are ifcfg-eth1:0 to ifcfg-eth1:6:

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jan 30 18:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root  4096 Feb 13 18:03 ..
-rw-r--r--  3 root root   274 Nov 11  2007 ifcfg-eth0
-rw-r--r--  3 root root   271 Nov 11  2007 ifcfg-eth1
-rw-r--r--  3 root root   237 Nov 11  2007 ifcfg-eth1:0
-rw-r--r--  3 root root   244 Nov 11  2007 ifcfg-eth1:1
-rw-r--r--  3 root root   239 Nov 11  2007 ifcfg-eth1:2
-rw-r--r--  3 root root   238 Nov 11  2007 ifcfg-eth1:3
-rw-r--r--  3 root root   239 Nov 11  2007 ifcfg-eth1:4
-rw-r--r--  3 root root   238 Nov 11  2007 ifcfg-eth1:5
-rw-r--r--  3 root root   238 Nov 11  2007 ifcfg-eth1:6
-rw-r--r--  3 root root   169 Nov 11  2007 ifcfg-eth2
And there are more files than these in this directory but have not 
included them here.

Here is what is inside ifcfg-eth1. Note: I have changed the HWADDR 
,DHCP_HOSTNAME and IPADDR so change this information for your network 
and device MAC address:
# Intel Corporation 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR=f0:00:ab:34:55:01
ONBOOT=yes
DHCP_HOSTNAME=mailserver.network.com
TYPE=Ethernet
IPADDR=169.255.255.4.
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=169.255.255.1
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes

And this is what is inside the ifcfg-eth1:0. Again note I have 
changed DHCP_HOSTNAME and IPADDR so change this information for your 
network:
# Intel Corporation 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
DEVICE=eth1:0
BOOTPROTO=none
DHCP_HOSTNAME=dnsserver.network.com
TYPE=Ethernet
IPADDR=169.255.255.5
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=169.255.255.1
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes

Others network aliases are similar to ifcfg-eth1:0 other than the 
DEVICE, DHCP_HOSTNAME and IPADDR changes with each aliases. Also note 
that the HWADDR is missing from the aliases files.
Here is a link I saw about this:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-creating-or-adding-new-network-alias-to-a...

I hope this helps,
Frank
> all I want to do is add a second(static) ip (device alias 1) to my 
> interface in addition to the dhcp address all ready being procured .
> I can find no combinations of 'Network Manager' settings that allows 
> this to happen .
> If I plumb the interface manually after "Network Manager' is 
> finished initializing it works fine .
> If I turn off NM I get this in the log
>   "localhost nm-system-settings:    ifcfg-rh: Ignoring connection 
> 'System eth0 ' and its device because NM_CONTROLLED was false."
>   "localhost nm-system-settings:    ifcfg-rh: Ignoring connection 
> 'System eth0:1' and its device because NM_CONTROLLED was false."
>
> this should not be this difficult
>
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Network Manager Only Allows 1 connection only

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

Don't hijack threads. When you want to introduce a new topic, start with
a new message, don't just reply to an existing one (changing the Subject
line makes absolutely no difference to threading). See the list
Guidelines.

poc

Network Manager Only Allows 1 connection only

[Bill Davidsen]

JohnMinson wrote:
> all I want to do is add a second(static) ip (device alias 1) to my 
> interface in addition to the dhcp address all ready being procured .

See the man page on hijacking threads.
> I can find no combinations of 'Network Manager' settings that allows 
> this to happen .
> If I plumb the interface manually after "Network Manager' is finished 
> initializing it works fine .
> If I turn off NM I get this in the log
>   "localhost nm-system-settings:    ifcfg-rh: Ignoring connection 
> 'System eth0 ' and its device because NM_CONTROLLED was false."
>   "localhost nm-system-settings:    ifcfg-rh: Ignoring connection 
> 'System eth0:1' and its device because NM_CONTROLLED was false."
>
> this should not be this difficult

[Erik P. Olsen]

On 24/02/09 00:24, John Horne wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 23:41 +0100, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> > Thanks, but I can't find any newer version than 2.0.0.72 and I can't see how you
> > enable video on this version.
>
> The package I am running is skype-2.0.0.72-fc5.i586 (albeit on an F10
> x86_64 box).
>
> I don't think I had to enable it as such, skype automatically found the
> webcam as a usb device. However, right-clicking on the skype icon and
> selecting 'options' shows a 'Video Devices' section. Within there there
> are tick-boxes to enable video, and select the video device.

Gosh, you are right. I don't know how I missed seeing that. Found my old webcam
and sure enough it worked right away. Thanks a lot for opening my eyes.

[Bill Davidsen]

John Horne wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 22:53 +0100, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> > On 23/02/09 22:41, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Erik P. Olsen  wrote:
> > > > On 23/02/09 14:34, Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
> > > > [snip]
> > > > > You could try another choice like Ekiga, although I'm afraid to say it
> > > > > doesn't reach the quality in video than Skype does (I can receive
> > > > > video with Skype)
> > > >
> > > > What version of Skype do you have? The one I've got (version 2.0.0.72) does not
> > > > seem to have any video support at all.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm gonna open a new thread instead of hijacking the subject of this one :)
> >
> > I don't think I hijacked the subject. It is about webcam recommendation for
> > Skype and I don't believe that Skype for linux has video support, so AFAICT no
> > webcam can be recommended at all. Or am I totally wrong?
> > > > [snip]
>
> Totally wrong I would say. I've got a Logitech Quickcam pro 9000 on my
> F10 box. It has both video and audio - works fine with skype.

So what version do you have?

[mike cloaked]

Thomas Cameron wrote:
> I use Skype on Linux (both Fedora and RHEL) and I would love to be able
> to use the web cam feature so I can see my kids before they go to bed.
>
> Anyone got a known good web cam for this?  I've never owned a web cam so
> this is completely new territory for me.

I have a Philips SPC900NC webcam.  It works out of the box, and has done
since F8. It works with Skype in F10 out of the box also. It uses the pwc
driver that is in the kernel. It also works fine with other applications
such as Ekiga.

HTH