Ekiga was previously known as GnomeMeeting. Both names may be in use on any given
Linux platform.
Getting a Supported Webcam
As with support for TV capture cards, Webcam support is provided through the Video4Linux
interface. To see if your Webcam is supported, check the /usr/src/linux*/Documentation
directory. A few parallel-port video cameras are described in the video4linux subdirectory; however,
the bulk of the supported cameras are listed in the usb directory.
After doing some research, I purchased a Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000. The driver for
this Webcam was made for a Philips USB Webcam, but it also works for Webcams from
Logitech, Samsung, Creative Labs, and Askey. The pwc driver needed to use these cameras is available
with most popular Linux distributions.
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Supported USB cameras should be autodetected, so that when you plug them in, the necessary
modules are loaded automatically. Just start up Ekiga (ekiga command), and you should see video
from your Webcam on your Linux desktop.
You can check to see that your Webcam is working properly by typing the following:
# lsmod
pwc 43392 1
videodev 5120 2 [pwc]
usbcore 59072 1 [audio pwc usb-uhci]
The output from lsmod shows that the pwc driver is loaded and associated with the videodev
module and usbcore module.
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