Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty

2009-05-24 Thread Tony Arnold
Colin, Colin wrote: > I bought a Logitect Quickcam E3500 from Tesco for £9.97 > (http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-8472.aspx) It's half price at the > moment and available in stores not just online. > > I run Ubuntu 9.04 and just plugged it in and Skype recognised it. Thanks. Looks like a trip to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty

2009-05-24 Thread Colin
2009/5/21 Tony Arnold > Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of > my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it > with Skype. > Hi Tony I bought a Logitect Quickcam E3500 from Tesco for £9.97 ( http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-8472.aspx) It'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty

2009-05-23 Thread Rowan Berkeley
ha! and all these years I've been thinking it was just me. On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 16:56 +0100, ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > The tone of the conversation from the assistant was imperious and > somewhat offensive. My friend asked to talk to the manager, however > the manager was not co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty

2009-05-23 Thread Tony Pursell
I have found that webcams sometimes work and sometimes don't. You want to find something that will work with Skype, Cheese and SANE (to name just a few apps). SANE, for instance, is very fussy and only works (AFAIK) 'out of the box' with UVC (USB video class) compliant webcams. None of the 3

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty

2009-05-23 Thread alan c
Simon Wears wrote: > I got myself a Logitech Quickcam S7500, works great for me straight out the > box. Clips onto my flat screen monitor, same with laptop. Can be a bit > tricky getting it to work with aMSN, but *apparently* works great with > Skype. Haven't tried it myself, as I don't use Skype.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty

2009-05-23 Thread Simon Wears
I got myself a Logitech Quickcam S7500, works great for me straight out the box. Clips onto my flat screen monitor, same with laptop. Can be a bit tricky getting it to work with aMSN, but *apparently* works great with Skype. Haven't tried it myself, as I don't use Skype. A list of supported webca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty

2009-05-22 Thread Tony Arnold
Dave, Dave Morley wrote: > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 16:02 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: >> Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of >> my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it >> with Skype. > > Go to Asda and buy there cheap tat one. It's not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty

2009-05-21 Thread Dave Morley
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 16:02 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of > my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it > with Skype. > > TIA > > Regards, > Tony. Go to Asda and buy there cheap tat one. It's not the

[ubuntu-uk] Laptop webcam for Jaunty

2009-05-21 Thread Tony Arnold
Can anyone recommend/suggest a webcam that can be clipped to the top of my laptop that will work out of the box on Jaunty? I'd want to use it with Skype. TIA Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1