Info on CPiA USB driver

[Markus Eiden]

Hi Steven,
> 
> I just finished compiling the Linux 2.3.11 kernel with Johannes
> Erdfelt's Vision USB driver.  I'm using the Zoomcam USB camera.
> The kernel boots and the driver reports that it has found the
> camera but now I'm stuck. How do I do something with the it like
> grab an image?
> 
> I tried compiling a program called w3cam which, when I run it,
> has the interesting effect of causing the system to instantly
> reboot without any sort of warning or error message.  So, it
> would appear this is not a good thing to do. ;-)  This is my
> first shot at any Linux video-relate stuff so I'm a bit lost.
> Is there some sort of program I can get that will let me
> communicate with the camera through the USB driver to grab an
> image or even just verify that it's working?

I do not know much about the USB camera, but it works here. You
may have a look at 
http://bbs1.biz-worms.de/projekte/Netz/WebCam/Creatix.phtml
for a short description.


Markus 

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