i have 3 questions and i like to know if you can help me in those 3 questions....


i recently installed some piece of junk software which is .rpm file in my fedora 5 linux. and that software is now enabling my numlock key in my keyboard everytime i login into my linux(its so irritating). how do i disable/remove that software. i dont remember the name of the software which i installed in my linux.


earlier i had fedora core 2 linux installed and when i used to connect to internet the taskbar had an icon which said that there are few updates available. but when i installed FC5 i dont see this feature. everytime i have to goto software updater dialog box. is there any software available to have this icon on the taskbar on my FC5 linux ?


hi i have webcam and i want to use it in my fedora core 5 linux. is it possible to use my webcam in linux ? if so are there any softwares for it ?

please help me.

thankyou

I think the following will list the installed rpms with the latest at the top

$ rpm -qa --last

Then remove it

$ rpm -e [package name]

I cannot help you on the other two questions (I don't use Fedora).

Answer 2: You can use yum command to upgrade. If you want a graphical tool like what you have seen in FC2 you can install yumex package (from CD/DVD or online by running yum -y install yumex).

Answer 3: To use a webcam, (USB one)
(a) plugin webcam, run lsusb at terminal, note down the make and type
(b) search for driver for that make & type, normally spca5xx driver (http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html) supports most of the comman webcams. So if your make is supported then download & install spca5xx driver, else google for your driver.
(c) Once driver is installed, you can use camstream and videolan-client to use the webcam (you can also use spcagui20060127.tar.gz)
If the lsusb command gives the error bash:lsusb:command not found then run /sbin/lsusb at terminal