I have a HP dv2000 with a usb webcam on board.

I have found this site that boasts the ability to get the camera working but it is too brief for me to understand. I am wondering if someone with more experience that me can "unpack"
this explanation for me and guid me as to what to do.

Here is the site: http://dollarunderscore.wordpress.com/ scroll down to the article.


Here is a copy of the explanation:

I get to the site but I don't know which of the downloads I am to use. what are all the listed downloads and which is the one I need?

Then what?

thank you.....

Regards
John

Did you get this to work?

Nope

I can't understand the code. I am asking for help because there is not enough information for me to install it (whatever the "it" is).


Regards
John

It is a kernel module called "uvcvideo"...which is apparently required to get your webcam to work.

The link you have posted has all that is required, but i'll attempt to explain what is happening.

Firstly, the source code can be downloaded with the command:
Because the source code is a work in progress the developers are using subversion[svn] which is a version control system.

If you don't have this install subversion first:
after this you will need to build it with the following:
If you have problems with the "make" command you may need to install some build tools. In Ubuntu, you can install these like this:
If all this works, load the kernel module.
now [hopefully] you can run your webcam software.

let us know how you go.
good luck

Thank you deroB,

Yes, it works fine.

I've been using Linux for a few years now and I am still learning new things all the time. I now know something about subversions.

Cheers mate,

John