Re: webcam support

From: <poeml_at_cmdline.net>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 11:55:05 +0200
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 06:46:50PM -0400, Dennis wrote:
> Michel Xhaard of http://mxhaard.free.fr (spca5xx linux driver - which
> is apparently the same as what the agfa cl20 uses), needs an agfa cl20
> user to test his driver! .. looks very promising! his email address is
> available on that website.

Indeed. He contacted me at my SUSE address meanwhile. I tried to test
the driver, but could not build it with my kernel (linux 2.4.27 on PPC)
due to a mysterious problem with pte_offset(). I'm planning to try it on
another machine (2.6 based) later. Maybe someone else feels like trying
it? Here are the instructions Michel gave me:

|> Peter,
|> just download the last spca5xx module from http://mxhaard.free.fr
|> install is simple you only need your kernel source installed then make and
|> make install is enought :)
|> Download my spcaview package and install (only libsdl http://www.libsdl.org is
|> need. but Suse provide the rpm package)
|> then plug your Agfa Cl20. videodev and spca5xx should load then run
|> spcaview -f jpg -s 320x240
|> That should take 5 or 10 mn if you read the readme :)
|> Best regards
|> --
|> Michel Xhaard

Peter

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