[SLUG] Webcam?

[Fintan Gaughan]

On 02/09/05, john at johnallsopp.co.uk <john at johnallsopp.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi ppl
> 
> Has anyone set up a webcam? At a distance from your computer?
> 
> I want to set up a webcam as a CCTV camera (inside the house, looking
> out) and wondered a) if was easy to connect to Linux, b) if it was
> cheap, and c) how I could monitor its output without disrupting my
> work-screen too badly. I've a network, but it's wired. I'd consider
> setting up wireless, and there's a mains socket near where I want to
> site the camera if that's required.
> 
> Any thoughts/experiences?
> 
> At this point I don't need to record the output, just display it, but
> recording might be interesting later.
> 
> J


I cant get any webcam to work on linux that is the sole reason i hang
on to XP  :-(