Hi, > >>Why do I have to provide the vendor and product to modprobe, I don't = for > >> my webcam? > > > >Your webcam isn't handled by the scanner module. In a later kernel ver= sion > > you hopefully won't have to supply the IDs. Until the IDs of newer > > scanners are added to the kernel, you have to supply them manually. > > Great explanation. > Where in the kernel are the IDs?
In scanner.h (for 2.4 that's in drivers/usb). Before recompiling the kern= el=20 you may consider adding the ids to /etc/modules.conf instead (add a line=20 "options scanner vendor=3Dxxx product=3Dyyy"). Regards, Oliver
