[WLUG] cameras?

[john thiels]

Have you tried the camera with Linux lately?  If it is older, there is an
even better chance that it will work with the drivers now.

Last week, I  had difficulty getting my Lenovo laptop camera to be
activated and work with Firefox for a verified course I was taking.  I had
to add the v4l development repository to Software Sources (
https://launchpad.net/~libv4l/+archive/development)  and make sure that the
v4l-utils package was installed.  Then I had to go to the global Adobe
settings and allow the website I was using to have access to the camera.
 Since then it has worked without any problems.

Note the following websites:

http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.com/2012/05/solved-problem-of-logitech-webcams-and.html

https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/v4l2ucp/

John




On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Andrew Sallee <
ajsallee at faceofthepenguin.com> wrote:

> If all you are talking about is having the computer recognize the camera
> and being able to download pictures, pretty much any modern camera will
> work. I have used Olympus, Pentax, Nikon in the past, but currently am
> using a Panasonic. IMO, they are the best cameras available at any given
> price point.
>
>
>
>
> Sent from Samsung tablet
>
> Jack Smith <jack.delbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a real old Logitech that never has taken well to Linux.  Anyone
> know of a cheap one that I can expect to work on Mint without a bunch of
> fooling around?
>
> --
> Jack Smith
>
> English doesn't borrow from other languages -- English follows other
> languages down dark alleys and takes what it wants.
>
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