Re: Which webcam works on Debian Etch?
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> writes:
> Csanyi Pal escreveu:
>> Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> writes:
>>
>>> I'd say no. There are some that work, and some that don't. However, in
>>> Etch things will be slightly more difficult than in Lenny.
>>>
>>
>> How do you mean that
>
> Newer kernel = more hardware supported. (With some very small exceptions.)
>
> You mentioned you run 2.6.24, but uvcvideo, a driver used to access a
> lot of webcams, is only integrated with the kernel from version 2.6.26.
> That means that you'd have to compile the module yourself. Not really
> hard, but not as convenient as having to do nothing. On the other hand,
> lenny has a newer kernel which already includes that driver.
Well, how stable is Lenny now?
Must I upgrade from Etch to Lenny because of using a webcam?
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