Frontech E-cam (Diamond) not working

[rajeev1204]

Hi

I would advice you to stay away from frontech brand as much as you can.Their quality is suspect.But you can check here to see if your microdia chip inside the cam is supported.
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html


I had a tv tuner which i returned as it would be a pain to run on linux.

[idom]

I am out of town for a few days.
I will try this out and see.
Thanks .

idom

unable to run this
Installing drivers

Check Linux kernel version

[root@localhost ~]# uname -r


Ensure that you have the kernel source before proceeding, you can install it with yum.

[root@localhost ~]# yum install kernel-source-'uname -r'
OR
[root@localhost ~]# yum install kernel-source


Usually the build script of the downloaded tar file would include the process of loading the driver. If it does not you can load the driver file manually. The .ko file is the compiled driver.

[root@localhost]# insmod driver_name.ko


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