[Cbsupport] webcam question

[Kylie Davies]

Hi Mary,

Just got your message on the answering machine - and sorry no one 
has replied to your post re webcams...

Unfortunately - I need to know a little more about Global Cam - ie 
what is the specific model number? brand / manufacturer... any info 
on this would help.

Next in your kDE control centre under the  peripherals tab - there 
is a digital camera option. In the right pane - you will see a 
little camera icon at the top - click this and a dialogue box will 
appear - this box is magical - in that - it shows you a list of all 
cameras that work under linux.

Usually usb cameras - if supported - will work.

With respect to kghostview - I am not a fan - I suggest when viewing 
the attachments - you right click - and choose open with - then type 
xpdf

xpdf is a better pdf viewer for the linux system - in that 95% of 
the time it works for most pdfs.

(yeah flame me!)

Cheers,

Kylie





mary adsett wrote:
> 
> 
>    Hi Kylie. had a look at a webcam, ( Global Cam ) and some of the stats
> on the side were . Minimal requirements, windows98 or 2000, windows me.,
> pentium 11266 celorion., 32mb ram., cdrom drive?( either i don't have or not 
> configured )., 100 mb free of space.,16bit colour display adaptor.,windows 
> compatable .sound card or speakers (i might need new one of those as mine 
> does not seem to work)        Spot Life....web browser ie. microsoft internet 
> explorer or netscape 4 it also has a a usb port..... Anyhow the question is..
> would this webcam be a good buy for my computer to work with they are fairly 
> cheap and i thought a little enhancement on what seems to be my main source 
> of entertainment these days might be a bit of fun.
>   Also got my last bill for the internet from froggy and it was a PDF file  
> computer put it into Ghost view which was fine if you are into reading 
> postage stamps right click on it nothing happened left click still nothing 
> happened, how does one enlarge the wee beasty?.
>     Hope you are feeling better and not working too hard Take Care    and keep 
> your chin up Dear CBV Friend ..................Mary
> 
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Kylie Davies
Victorian Branch Co-ordinator
Computerbank Australia Inc
Victorian State Branch
Tel: (03) 9600 9161
Email: kylied at projectx.com.au

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