I'm a little new to linux. But i'm running pclinuxos 2008 or 2007. I have a philips webcam model # sic4750/27. I really don't know how to config it so if someone could help that would be great.
Thanks,
Bambam
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Run lsusb
On October 6th, 2008 Mitch Frazier says:
Open a shell (command prompt) and run the command "lsusb".
If you see something like this:
That is your webcam (in other words, Phillips sells it but they don't make it). The two numbers 04fc:0561 are the Vendor ID (04fc) and Product ID (0561) of the camera. If you check here:
mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html
You'll see that that matches:
Yet another non-phillips name.
Check the download page for drivers:
mxhaard.free.fr/download.html
__________________________Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal and the Web Editor for linuxjournal.com.
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