[cpia] Creative Webcam II (Parallel) problems
Sam Reynolds
cloud@chool.com
Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:34:53 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks i'll try it!
-Sam Reynolds
On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, j.m.maurer wrote:
> First I set my parport to ECP mode in my Bios. Then I used kernel 2.2.16
>
> with Video for Linux compiled as a module, which is videodev.o I also
> compiled parport.o and parport_pc.o as a module. Finally under Plug &
> Play I
> also compiled parport_probe as a module.
>
> After booting the kernel I did the folowing:
>
> insmod parport
> insmod parport_pc
> insmod parport_probe
>
> insmod parport_probe should detect a webcam, which you can see using
> dmesg.
> I then downloaded the latest CPIA drivers from webcam.sourceforge.net
> and
> installed then using:
>
> insmod cpia
> insmod cpia_pp
>
> The insmod cpia_pp then reported "1 cameras found" and all worked fine
> (try
> the client that comes with the cpia package). Be sure that there are no
> errors reported in dmesg, because on a P120 it also reported "1 cameras
> found" but dmesg showed some errors and it still didn't work, since the
> parport is not IEEE1284 capable...
>
> Hope this helps :)
> Marc
>
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