<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I have a logitech Quickcam Pro 3000 (or 4000) not sure which. Not sure how to check it.<div><br></div><div>However the webcam works with Motion, but not with Ekiga, or xawtv or anything else!!!!</div><div><br></div><div>Which I find strange!!!</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 8 Nov 2008, at 21:39, JGJones (Mailing List) wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">What webcam is it?<br><br>If your camera use the GPCSA (not sure of the spelling) - a recent update broke that...think it's a kernel update that caused it rather than something in Ubuntu - but there should be a new version that fix it but not yet in the updates - so suggest that you go to Software Sources in the System menu, and go to the Updates tab.<br> <br>In there, tick the boxes for Proposed updates (and perhaps Unsupported updates - I have this ticked on mine but I'm happy to fix if things break - although never happened for me...yet!) - and then update.<br><br>Check for updates...if there's a fix in one of them, it'll get included and hopefully one of them is for your camera.<br> <br>But it does help if I have the model of your camera.<br><br>For example, I have a new Sony SZ laptop and the MotionEye camera is a Ricoh model, and the driver is R5u870 - however the maintainer have stated that the driver is broken for the 2.6.26+ kernels (and since 8.10 is using 2.6.27 that's me out of luck until it's fixed)<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Fintan Gaughan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fgaughan@gmail.com">fgaughan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Ah I see!<br> <br> I have a webcam but hardly use it as I dont know anyone that has<br> ekgia.<br> <br> <br> I hardly use skype either!<br> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> <br> Fintan<br> <br> <br> 2008/11/8 Dafydd Eveleigh <<a href="mailto:dafydd@evejam.co.uk">dafydd@evejam.co.uk</a>>:<br> > I don' t use it for much.<br> ><br> > I have set up motion so I can see what my dog gets up to during the<br> > day just for a laugh.<br> ><br> > But also I use it to play around with ffmpeg, and you'll never know<br> > when it might be useful.<br> ><br> > I am looking to set up ekgia phone at somepoint.<br> ><br> > Basically it is not essential but a nice tool to have in my box as<br> > you'll never know when you'll need it :-)<br> ><br> ><br> > On 8 Nov 2008, at 11:03, Fintan Gaughan wrote:<br> ><br> >> Wait for an update. or roll back to 8.04.<br> >><br> >> I tend to wait a few months later before installing next version of<br> >> ubuntu.<br> >><br> >> Just keep checking out the ubuntu forums until a solution is found.<br> >><br> >> What your using the webcam for other than skype?<br> >><br> >><br> >> Fintan<br> >><br> >><br> >><br> >> 2008/11/8 Dafydd Eveleigh <<a href="mailto:dafydd@evejam.co.uk">dafydd@evejam.co.uk</a>>:<br> >>> Hi All<br> >>><br> >>> Wonder if anybody can help.<br> >>><br> >>> Since install Ubuntu 8.10 my webcam is not being detected properly.<br> >>><br> >>> In 8.04 the webcam worked perfectly without needing any<br> >>> configuration.<br> >>> So it is strange that it has stopped working in 8.10.<br> >>><br> >>> I have search the web and there has been a bug reported.<br> >>><br> >>> However I have not been able to find a workaround. The only<br> >>> workaround<br> >>> I have found is the one for skype, but I don't use skype!!!<br> >>><br> >>> Wondered if anybody else is having problems or can offer a possible<br> >>> solution.<br> >>><br> >>> Maybe I should just wait for an update?<br> >>><br> >>> Many Thanks in advance<br> >>><br> >>> Dy<br> >>><br> >>> _______________________________________________<br> >>> Deaf-lug mailing list<br> >>> <a href="mailto:Deaf-lug@mailman.lug.org.uk">Deaf-lug@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br> >>> <a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/deaf-lug" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/deaf-lug</a><br> >>><br> >><br> >><br> >><br> >> --<br> >><br> >> My Blog <a href="http://www.finllfixit.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.finllfixit.co.uk/</a><br> >><br> >> _______________________________________________<br> >> Deaf-lug mailing list<br> >> <a href="mailto:Deaf-lug@mailman.lug.org.uk">Deaf-lug@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br> >> <a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/deaf-lug" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/deaf-lug</a><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > Dafydd Eveleigh<br> ><br> > Please Visit my Website<br> > <a href="http://www.evejam.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.evejam.co.uk/</a><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > Deaf-lug mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Deaf-lug@mailman.lug.org.uk">Deaf-lug@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br> > <a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/deaf-lug" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/deaf-lug</a><br> ><br> <br> <br> <br> --<br> <br> My Blog <a href="http://www.finllfixit.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.finllfixit.co.uk/</a><br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Deaf-lug mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Deaf-lug@mailman.lug.org.uk">Deaf-lug@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br> <a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/deaf-lug" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/deaf-lug</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br> _______________________________________________<br>Deaf-lug mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Deaf-lug@mailman.lug.org.uk">Deaf-lug@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/deaf-lug<br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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