Re: [SLE] suggest a webcam and scanner that "just work" with NLD9 (SUSE 9.1)

From: Ken Schneider (suse-list_at_bout-tyme.net)
Date: 06/10/05

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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 07:41:32 -0400

    On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 11:45 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
    > Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
    > > But it still seems that a lot of these webcams need effort to get going. I
    > > need one with everything already in the OS. It's not for my own use, it's
    > > for a good number of stations. They have to be plug and really play.
    >
    > If you need several then your supplier should be co-operative! Take your
    > OS on a laptop down to the nearest store and test each webcam in turn so
    > you find which ones work and which ones don't. Or get your supplier to
    > send you a box of samples :)
    >
    > I'm not an expert; I don't even have a webcam, though I've been looking
    > at buying one. What I have read indicates that webcams are still
    > something of a minefield (unlike scanners). To the extent that parts
    > with the same model codes can sometimes have different chipsets inside.
    > I got good hits from:
    >
    Check http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/search_res.php?pattern=video as
    well. It has a list of many different usb devices ans whether or not
    they work. 

    -- 
Ken Schneider
UNIX  since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE  since 1998
 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably
  the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
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