Hello all! I am new to Linux Questions, but I must say I enjoy what I've seen! Many of you have helped me with my problems with linux in the past and I believe this is the place where someone can help me! I recently bought a Philips Webcam model number SIC4750/27. I have tried multiple drivers for linux and none of them work. I installed v4l2 and it said no drivers are supported for my webcam. I am currently running Windows, only because it works with Windows and my gf wants to talk with the webcam. I usually use Fadora 8. If anyone can please help me, I would appreciate it. I don't want a dual-boot because I only have a 20gb hard drive. Thank You!

Soppy

Sorry, I've not heard of such a camera, does it go by any other name ? What does it say on the box ?

Or can you identify it here:
http://www.consumer.philips.com/cons...CA_US_CONSUMER

Thank you for your speedy reply! Unfortunately, my webcam is not listed on the website that you gave me. It says on the box: Philips PC Camera SIC4750/27. I ran a live cd and lsusb, and got the following message:

Bus 001 Device 002 ID 04fc:0561 Sunplus Technology Co. Ltd Flexcam 100.

Not sure if this will help.

Soppy

For that camera try using spca5xx and spcaview.
http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html

Reported working:
http://osdir.com/ml/linux.drivers.sp.../msg00005.html

There's more on google:
http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&sa...00&btnG=Search

Thank you so very much for helping me!!! I've been looking around and decided to try Slackware again. I didn't like it because I tried it when I was a noob, but now that I'm more used to linux, I've decided to try it again and I love it. I just have one more question, what programs do you recommend for testing to see if your webcam actually works? Do you need any plugins for aMSN?

Soppy

I dunno, maybe something like ekiga ? You will use it for video conferencing or just taking pictures ?