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if you type

lsusb

into a terminal, it will tell you the Vendor ID and product ID of your webcam; (hopefully);

if it is gspca it will show up here

http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html

and if UVC compliant

http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/#devices

(use the FIND function on firefox to help you)

if you post back to the forum what you get

the gscpa drivers were built into the 2.6.27 kernel but not all is smooth; from another distro, this was reported to work

"OK, I fixed my webcam problem.
I downloaded a stable version of gspaca driver then isntalled it and then restarted my computer

This is a guide or tutorial for a all newbie like me out there who does not know anything about linux and wants to install logitech Quickcam E2500 on linux openSUSE (Skype, aMSN, Ekiga).
1-Download the latest stable driver
1- go to http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb
2- click on "bz2" on the top of the page and wait for the download to complete.
3- Extract the file in the desired location.

2- Install the driver
1- Enter the file you extracted.
2- Right-click --> "open in terminal".
3- type in the command
Code:

sudo make

(note: "sudo" runs the command as a root user so you have to enter the password and press enter)
4- wait for it to finish.
5- type in the command
Code:

sudo make install

and wait for it to finish.


3- Connect your webcam and restart your computer
The webcam will work with Ekiga, aMSN and Skype. Enjoy .

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issues:
1- The image is dark, so you need to be in a good lighted place.
2- Can't configure the settings of the webcam to increase the brightness, gamma or autoexpo.
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* If Skype crashes when loading the video or when testing it in the options menu, then do the folowing:
- type in the Terminal
Code:

bash -c 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so; skype'

- you can do an application luncher with this command so you don't type the command in all the time. "

this is from post #15 http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/403 ... 0-a-2.html

webcams are not always smooth sailing

plan A is trying to tweak your own camera by asking for help on a forum; and assiduously googling by yourself;

plan B is to accept at some stage it is not working and buy one that does: UVC compliant are said to work out of the box, but buyer beware ..........

a list below that are said to work well: choose those with a green tick .......

http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/#devices