On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 20:56 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: > 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 :) Thanks, I've installed the driver as above from elrepo - OK except that I got these error messages: WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36050.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_unregister WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36050.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_register WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36067.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_detach WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36067.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_attach WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36060.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_unregister WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36060.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_register WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36016.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_unregister WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36016.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_register Skype detected a camera OK but it doesn't seem to work - and when I click the 'test' button it just closes skype down! Any ideas please? Andy