Ubuntu :: Add A Usb Camera For System As It Supports Somekind Of Cams?
May 5, 2011
i've a system relies on Linux version 2.6 i need to add a usb camera for this system as it supports somekind of cams wich i doesn't need .shall i need to add module & driver & may HAL and recompile kernel again !? i'm using ubuntu10.10 which i use it to recompile kernel for this system
I've been using an old Logitech Quickcam Express with the qc-usb drivers for years. It functions fairly well on older kernels with the patches that became available. Works on a Slackware 11 box with a 2.6.15.1 kernel, but I can't get the driver to compile on newer kernels, and I don't want to spend days trying to find patches that may or may not work.
I'd like to get a cam that I can use without too much difficulty on a Slackware64 13.1 box with a >2.6.36 kernel.
I would like to buy a video camera to use for skype video calls. It should be reasonably priced and above all work both under Debian and Ubuntu with minimal effort (ideally a plug and play) and...it would be nice if I could buy it from Amazon .
My boss has put in many IP cameras around the building. I recently saw one near the bathroom. He is kinda creepy and I wouldn't put it past him to put one IN the bathroom. He was recently talking about power outlet cameras too. Is there a linux program I can use to detect cameras on the network and see what they see? Like vlc maybe? How would I do it?
I was looking to iphone and i was surprised the quality of such tiny camera.
Is there any alternative camera for my laptop to have similar or much better then the one in iphone? So that i can use it from my laptop, but have very sharp HD quality with maximum megapixel + highest frame per second.
i just wanted to know is there any IM messanger that supports webcams? i mean i m using pidgin. but it doesnt support webcam ( tell me if im wrong) i like to use yahoo. facebook ( i know it doesnot provide webcam ), myspace,
I've looked all over the net (believe me, EVERYWHERE), and I can't find anything. I sort of need a program that supports webcam so I can communicate with my family when I leave town in a few weeks. I've tried aMSN, emsense, Pidgin (webcam hasn't worked in that program for ages, heh), empathy (just audio works), skype, ekiga, and so on.
Does anyone know of a download manager for Ubuntu that supports filesonic.com? I've used Tucan to download from rapidshare and megaupload, but unfortunately, it doesn't support filesonic. Any ideas? A friend suggested wget, but that's not really the type of download manager I'm looking for.
A very strange problem started for me today. I SSHed into a server and could not type the letter 'i'. It would work fine if I was not in an SSH session, but consistently and repeatedly broke when I started SSH. I rebooted my machine, and the problem now occurs any time I'm using Bash, whether SSHing or not. For the record, I'm doing all this in the standard gnome-terminal.
First: it is not a problem with my keyboard. As you can see, I am perfectly capable of typing the letter 'i' in a browser window. In fact, capital 'I' works fine in bash as well. If I start nano from Bash, I can type the letter 'i' all day long, but when I exit to the Bash prompt, again I am unable to.
What's even more bizarre, I cannot even paste the letter 'i' into bash, either via Ctrl+Shift+v or by middle mouse clicking. This makes it impossible for me to type commands like 'vim' or 'exit'. Bash scripts, however, appear to have no problem with this particular character. Now, I've commented everything out of my .bashrc file, but that didn't help. I got rid of my custom .xmodmaprc file. Still nothing. Keyboard layout is U.S. English. I removed all Keyboard Shortcuts that involve the letter 'i'. Rebooted half a dozen times, still no luck.
My workaround at present is to use zsh instead of bash. Everything works fine with it, but I'd really like to get this thing fixed.
how Xrandr supports Dual screens. I am attempting to setup Dual Screens on a Ubuntu 10.10 System with an ATI twin head card (DVI + HDMI) Non-mirrored, separate desktops However on connecting a device to the HDMI output - the DVI screen output appears to loose all panels, icons. Only the mouse pointer & desktop background remains.
I believe the output is defaulting from screen 0 to screen 1. I found a solution by creating two devices in xorg.conf and assigning one for each separate screen. BUT this created a new problem of loosing my mouse pointer. how I can get my mouse pointer working or the correct way to setup dual screens.
Does Fedora supports Touchscreen computers? I am planning buy a new desktop computer and there are several models that come with touchscreen, I don't really care about this feature , I just want to know if Fedora can operates under a touchscreen system. If Fedora doesn't support touchscreen systems, Is there any plan to integrate this option in a near future?
I'm trying to figure out whether my system supports PCI Express without opening up the box. lspci doesn't mention "Express" or "PCI-e" anywhere, but dmesg reports that a "PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver" is in use.
Is there any IRC client that supports VI keys? The ''obvious'' script VimIRC is and has been broken for so long it's not even funny. Do you know any IRC clients on Linux, GUI or Curses, that provides some of that nice vi usability? Or could some of the existing clients be scripted to use? Irssi, XChat, even ERC would do?
want to know enable 32-bit IO-support on my hard driveusing hdparm . But before I enable 32-bit support , I want to knowwhether my hard drive supports 32-bit IO or not. I tried the -I option with hdparm , but it is not telling clearlywhether it supports 32-bit or not. The following is the output from the hard drive of my system (hdparm -I ) .
Google suggests that the latter, Mac software running on Linux, isn't possible. However, it also returns results that haven't changed for some time, which is why I'd like to know if anything has changed since then. Namely, Safari. Despite only having used an actual Mac once, I like Safari, and so far have the Windows version working fine under Wine. However, one of the things stopping me using it more is add-ons. In Firefox, I use Xmarks. Xmarks supports Safari - on a Mac. To my knowledge, this is no Windows Safari version. So, if I can't run it on the Windows version for now, what I want to do is run the Mac one instead, and use it there, if possible. I suspect neither is actually possible, at least for now. But it's always nice to have confirmation.
Does anyone have a kernel that supports Atheros network cards? I am using ASUS EEE PC netbooks and none of the kernels I have access to have drivers installed for the NICs. I am having issues when I try to build my own kernel and maybe someone has a precompiled one? Either that or if someone has a basic, step-by-step guide to building your own custom kernel. This is my first time building a kernel and I am kind of lost. This isn't actually for running Ubuntu I will be using it in an imaging program called FOG. I just need a kernel that will support these NICs so I am able to do some imaging.
I have installed the Wubi version of Ubuntu 10.04 on my Dell 1537 Studio laptop. Additionally, I have installed the GDK plug ins for .MP3 file support. When the installation completed, there was a message indicating the installation was successful, but it was unable to install one plug in. I am able to play .MP3's, but I can not add them to an audio disk project in Brasero. When I have Brasero do a search for the missing software, it can not find what it needs.
How do you check if a computer's video card will support Kernel Mode Switching BEFORE OS installation?
In this example I have an Acer Aspire AST180-UA381B.
Manufacture website says my video card is: Integrated nVidia MCP61
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Nouveau code list says: NV4C (MCP61) GeForce 6150LE / nForce 400/405, GeForce 6150SE Quadro NVS 210s / nForce 430
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I want to know:
1. How to tell if my graphics card will support KMS before I install the OS?
2. If it does not support KMS which kernel options should be passed to get it to work properly with the nouveau driver?
3. Ultimately I am looking for a tool that should be included in the installation screen that will:
a. identify your hardware: list the hardware detected on the screen b. highlight with color code any hardware listed that is not supported or poorly supported: in this case graphics drivers c. perform a quick benchmark test of your hardware: In this case I want the benchmark to tell me what capabilities my graphics card has. d. automatically recommend and set the best kernel parameters for a successful boot: if the graphics card needs nomodeset or modeset=0 or whatever I want it to do it for me.
Also I started a personal blog about this issue which I intend to compose into guide to assist others with this question. [URL] ....
My goal is to create a boot disc that will automate proper installation of graphics or other hardware for a system BEFORE installation. I would like to see this feature included in the Debian installation screen.
I have an OpenBSD server and I access i'm trying to access it via serial port with a Opensuse computer. I have been using Minicom but its 2 emulation types (vt102 and ANSI) Dont seem to be working for me. Is there a terminal emulator for linux that supports wyse50? That would be best.