Re: [help]linux and my webcam

In comp.os.linux.setup gilles <gilles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi,

> i'am using fedora core 4 and creative webcam PD1001 (USB). At boot my webcam
> is detected and ov511 module is loaded but i must load ovcamchip before to
> load ov511.
> I don't know how to do this automatically at startup. Today, i do it by
> hand: rmmod ov511; modprobe ovcamchip; modprobe ov511

Try putting something like this in /etc/modprobe.conf and reboot
to ensure it's working as expected:

alias char-major-81-0 ov511
options ov511 compress=1
install ov511 { /sbin/modprobe ovcamchip ; /sbin/modprobe uhci-hcd ; } ; \
/sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install ov511

Presuming this is the first video device in your system.

See 'man modprobe.conf' for details.

Good luck

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