Re: Fw: Webcam driver Can someone make me .rpm auto install file?

2009-02-08 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Sunday 08 February 2009 14:21:48 Moshe Brace using Yahoo wrote: > No answer to you I saw this file on a website. I see. Searching for sn9c1xx, I see that this driver is now part of the kernel. You can load it by typing as root: {{{ modprobe sn9c102 }}} No need to prepare an outdated package

Re: Fw: Webcam driver Can someone make me .rpm auto install file?

2009-02-08 Thread Moshe Brace using Yahoo
stall programmes I could use.  I am a newbe and need ease of installation besides dual language.Moshe --- On Sun, 8/2/09, Shlomi Fish wrote: From: Shlomi Fish Subject: Re: Fw: Webcam driver Can someone make me .rpm auto install file? To: mbrace...@yahoo.co.uk Date: Sunday, 8 February, 2009, 1:15 P

Re: CONFIG_MODVERSIONS [Was: Re: webcam driver]

2003-02-28 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
> So he maitains the driver but doesn't release the source? if the > source is available, recompiling for each kernel you want to support > is rather trivial. If the source was available, then there wouldn't be any issue of insmod -f ... No, the source is not available, nor the documentation for t

Re: CONFIG_MODVERSIONS [Was: Re: webcam driver]

2003-02-28 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 12:37:53AM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > > Did you (or anyone else) consider reverse engineering the driver? is > > documentation available? > > Well, I don't know how much (if any) got to reverse engineer the algorithm > inside. There are no documentation available, as t

Re: CONFIG_MODVERSIONS [Was: Re: webcam driver]

2003-02-28 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
> It's the Unix philosophy to give you enough rope to shoot yourself in > the feet. I certainly do not object to it. I do believe in informed > decisions - just telling people to 'use insmod -f, it works' without > mentioning the risks is inappropriate. > > Did you (or anyone else) consider reverse

Re: CONFIG_MODVERSIONS [Was: Re: webcam driver]

2003-02-28 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 11:02:16PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > The pwcx-i386.o module itself worked for me when insmod -f without any > problems on several kernels. I also tested it on kernel 2.5.61 and it worked > without a problem with insmod -f > > And yes, I know it's dangeous, but: > >

Re: CONFIG_MODVERSIONS [Was: Re: webcam driver]

2003-02-28 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:48:15PM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote: > Does CONFIG_MODVERSIONS relevant to this discussion? > > CONFIG_MODVERSIONS > Usually, modules have to be recompiled whenever you switch to a new > kernel. Saying Y here makes it possible, and safe, to use the > same modules

Re: CONFIG_MODVERSIONS [Was: Re: webcam driver]

2003-02-28 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
> Does CONFIG_MODVERSIONS relevant to this discussion? > > CONFIG_MODVERSIONS > Usually, modules have to be recompiled whenever you switch to a new > kernel. Saying Y here makes it possible, and safe, to use the > same modules even after compiling a new kernel; this requires the > progra

CONFIG_MODVERSIONS [Was: Re: webcam driver]

2003-02-28 Thread Shaul Karl
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:54:41PM +0200, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:26:15PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > > > You don't need it to match your kernel - just use insmod -f to install the > > module. I'm using the module (I assume you mean pwcx-i386.o) on several > > kerne

Re: webcam driver

2003-02-28 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:26:15PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > You don't need it to match your kernel - just use insmod -f to install the > module. I'm using the module (I assume you mean pwcx-i386.o) on several > kernel builds on Redhat 7.3 and on Redhat 8.1 RC5 - works perfectly. Use insmod

Re: webcam driver

2003-02-28 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
> when i bought a camera that wasn't supported under linux (eventually i > found an alpha-grade driver that was just in the beginning of being > written, and did nothing) - i passed the camera to a windows machine, and > used what i learned form the attempt of installing a non-working camera - > to

Re: webcam driver

2003-02-28 Thread Alon Altman
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, guy keren wrote: > > On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Alon Altman wrote: > > > Hi, > > Anyone know of a linux driver for a USB webcam called "twinklecam"? > > Windows identifies it as "CIF USB CAMERA 2110". Google search returns > > nothing of use. > > when i bought a camera that wasn't

Re: webcam driver

2003-02-28 Thread guy keren
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Alon Altman wrote: > Hi, > Anyone know of a linux driver for a USB webcam called "twinklecam"? > Windows identifies it as "CIF USB CAMERA 2110". Google search returns > nothing of use. when i bought a camera that wasn't supported under linux (eventually i found an alpha-g

webcam driver

2003-02-22 Thread Alon Altman
Hi, Anyone know of a linux driver for a USB webcam called "twinklecam"? Windows identifies it as "CIF USB CAMERA 2110". Google search returns nothing of use. Alon -- This message was sent by Alon Altman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ICQ:1366540 The RIGHT way to contact me is by e-mail. I am otherwise