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LINUX FC6

1. select camera from the list, longest list that I found available on http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html

select camera with driver spca5xx or gspcav1 or linux-UVC (gspcav1 supersede others)
'NOTE:' don't trust camera names, most of them are incorrect, run lsusb with camera connected and use device ID. If we are looking for camera to buy, we can find all device id for our prefered brand, then google them to find actual camera model, for example Logitech QuickCam Family webcam has id 046d:092f, and it is on the list, so it is OK even if name is different.

2. check are there driver already installed on your machine:

3. If not (likely) download driver from http://atrpms.net/dist/fc6/gspca/

It should have exactly the same version as your kernel, so if uname -a telling: Linux roland 2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 ... we should use driver gspcav1-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6-1.00.18-4.fc6.i686.rpm

2. install driver rpm -i gspcav1-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6-1.00.18-4.fc6.i686.rpm

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+    If we are looking for camera to buy, we can find all device id for our prefered brand, then google them to find actual camera model, for example Logitech QuickCam Family webcam has id '''046d:092f''', and it is on the list, so it is OK even if name is different.
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-   It should have exactly the same version as your kernel, so for ''uname -a'' telling: ''Linux roland 2.6.20-1.2952.fc6''
we should use driver gspcav1-kmdl-2.6.20-1.'''2952'''.fc6-1.00.18-4.fc6.i686.rpm
+   It should have exactly the same version as your kernel, so if ''uname -a'' telling: Linux roland 2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 ... we should use driver gspcav1-kmdl-2.6.20-1.'''2952'''.fc6-1.00.18-4.fc6.i686.rpm