Webcam choice

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 05 November 2006 19:53, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 10:26 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > My webcam is fairly old, and it looks as though it has had its day.  I
> > get a picture in ekiga, but it is hopelessly wrong in colour and
> > hopelessly out of focus.  It's not got a focusing ring, either.  I think
> > it's time to buy a new one.
> >
> > I looked at what my local supplier is offering, picked out two that look
> > good (after discarding several others for a variety of reasons) and tried
> > to google for linux compatibility.  The only references I found were very
> > old, and with things changing at the rate they do that makes them
> > untrustworthy in my eyes.
> >
> > I need a webcam easily available in the UK.  Any recommendations?
>
> Logitech seems to be working with Linux, from what I've been reading.
> Mine worked great until recently as the module refuses to make. :( Ric
>
This old one is a Philips, identified as a 740.  lsmod confirms that pwc is loaded.  I can't use it like this, so I'll have to see what I can do about getting another.  I had wanted to avoid usb 1.1 webcams, thinking that a usb2 one would be better, but I can't find any compatibility reports for any of the ones I've found.

Anne
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