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>> > That reminds me... Did anyone ger the October issue of Linux format !! Paul > Sutton assures me that it has an artical on USB webcams !!! :-D, one step > closer to me leaving windoze ! > B) Webcam <--- give me a while to read that linux format ! << Linux Format subscriber - so here's the gen: (USB cameras - NOT webcams. Webcams would presumably be supported in snapshot mode, the article mentioned nothing about motion / shot sequences. However, the camera is loaded in real time as a /mnt drive, so this *could* be possible.) Older kernels can be patched but USB support is much improved in releases from 2.4 onwards. Check for usbd with: ps -ax | grep usb Connect the camera and enter: modprobe usb-storage Check the module loaded properly: less /proc/bus/usb/devices less /proc/modules Create a mount point for the camera: mkdir /mnt/camera Mount it! mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera ls /mnt/camera (Some installations may automate parts of this sequence using /proc/usb) To keep the mount for next time: Edit fstab and add a line: /mnt/camera /mnt/camera supermount dev=/devsda1 1,fs=vfat,defaults,noauto 0 0 (not sure if this should be dev=/dev/sda1 .... ) One note of caution: USB cameras are designed to be hotpluggable, some of the USB device drivers for Linux are not up to that part of the job. If you unplug the camera whilst copying or moving files (Duh!) you can expect data loss. (As you will with a floppy). -- Neil Williams #-#-#-#-#-#-#-#-# linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx neil@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.codehelp.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.