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    Webcam on HEL80 with Kubuntu or other Linux

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by 3dmidi, Dec 1, 2007.

  1. 3dmidi

    3dmidi Newbie

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    Hi,
    My searching has told me that I probably already know the answer, but I thought I'd ask anyway:

    Has anyone gotten the webcam on their HEL80 to work with a linux distro?

    Has anyone used ndiswrappers or another driver wrapper successfully? I don't know much about them, so maybe this is an illogical question.

    Thanks for your reply.

    -Drew

    PS - If this should go in "Linux" forum, please let me know.
     
    3dmidi, Dec 1, 2007
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  2. imachine

    imachine Notebook Evangelist

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  3. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    ...Mhh what did you try to see if the cam is working? Try installing cheese.
     
    Ayle, Aug 17, 2008
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  4. archer7

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    Could you find out what the webcam's vendor ID and model is? Output from lshwd and lsdev might help, but I'm not too positive.

    I think this thread belongs more in the Linux section, but we should leave that to the mods. They can move it if they believe it's proper.

    P.S. Please post lsusb output as well.
     
    archer7, Aug 17, 2008
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  5. imachine

    imachine Notebook Evangelist

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    Like I've mentioned, these drivers work flawlessly with H/EL80. Also, whatever Microdia is claimed to be supported, however I've only tested with H/EL80 (obviously, with success - I'd not mention this otherwise).

    Tested with cheese and tested with Skype and Ekiga.

    0c45:624f Microdia

    Tho, like I said, anything popping up as Microdia is meant to work (that's the aim of the developers).
     
    imachine, Aug 18, 2008
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