[CentOS] Driver for Logitech QuickCam E2500 series webcam

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Gavin Carr wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 06:12:43PM +0100, Andrew Allen wrote:
>> On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 12:16 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Andrew Allen <andy.allen at virgin.net> wrote:
>>>> Does anybody know where I can find a driver for a Logitech E2500 webcam.
>>>> I'm running CentOS 5 on my desktop and want to add a webcam for skype
>>>> use. If I can yum install a driver from one of the repos that would be
>>>> great.
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>> You may want to check out this CentOS wiki:
>>>
>>> http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList/Webcams
>> Thanks - so do I just yum install dkms.noarch
>> 2.0.22.0-1.el5.rf  from rpmforge?
> 
> No, 'yum install dkms-gspca'. That will pick up dkms as well if required.
> 
> 
>>> and also ELRepo's kmod-video4linux driver:
>>>
>>> http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-video4linux&highlight=webcam
>> Sorry - I don't understand what the actual package name is for this one
>> and how do I install it?
> 
> rpm -Uvh http://elrepo.org/elrepo-release-0.1-1.el5.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> yum install kmod-video4linux
> 
> 
> You don't want both though - try one, and if that doesn't work uninstall
> it and try the other.
> 
> Cheers,
> Gavin
> 

I would go with the elrepo driver (but I'm biased) as it's more recent 
whereas the older gspca driver is now merged in the V4L/DVB tree.

Gavin gave details above on how to install :)