[ILUG] Argos webcams

[Michael Treacy]

Just curious, has anyone managed to get a Creative Labs Webcam 5 (USB) to 
work? I'm using SuSE 10.0 and the best I can do is get Gnomemeeting or any 
other such program to give me a grey screen instead of a picture.

Mike



>From: Ewan Oughton <ewan at skynet.ie>
>To: ilug at linux.ie
>Subject: [ILUG] Argos webcams
>Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:10:53 +0100 (IST)
>
>Hello all,
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>	Was in my local argos here in Drogheda, and they have Labtech webcams for 
>the princely sum of 17eur - they're based on the spcaxx chipset, and the 
>drivers are even in apt, if you use a proper distro.
>I presume the other argosen around the country also have these cams at a 
>similar price. Max res is 352x288, but tis good enough for most 
>applications.
>
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>
>Regards
>
>
>Ewan
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>Ewan Oughton B.Sc. Comp Sys
>DB / AnonFTP / Orac Root Admin SkyNet
>
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