I'm trying to get my 3com homeconnect usb webcam to work in linux. I am
using backtrack 3 final. I downloaded vicam-patch.gz which extracted to
vicam_patch but that's all, there was no readme or anything else. I don't
know where I should copy this file to so the webcam will work. Thanks for
any pointers.

newbie  writes:

> I'm trying to get my 3com homeconnect usb webcam to work in linux. I am
> using backtrack 3 final. I downloaded vicam-patch.gz which extracted to
> vicam_patch but that's all, there was no readme or anything else. I don't
> know where I should copy this file to so the webcam will work. Thanks for
> any pointers.

Such a patch is usually applied to a kernel source and then you
re-build the kernel.  That can seem daunting at first, but I would be
surprised if you need to do it.  The only vicam-patch I can find is
from 2002 and is for Linux 2.4.20.  That's quite old now.  Are you
really running a system that old?

Newer kernels seem to have support for this camera built in (the
module is called "vicam"), so I would start by asking what version of
Linux you are running and what you have done so far to try to get the
webcam working?

-- 
Ben.

Ben Bacarisse wrote:

> newbie  writes:
> 
>> I'm trying to get my 3com homeconnect usb webcam to work in linux. I am
>> using backtrack 3 final. I downloaded vicam-patch.gz which extracted to
>> vicam_patch but that's all, there was no readme or anything else. I don't
>> know where I should copy this file to so the webcam will work. Thanks for
>> any pointers.
> 
> Such a patch is usually applied to a kernel source and then you
> re-build the kernel.  That can seem daunting at first, but I would be
> surprised if you need to do it.  The only vicam-patch I can find is
> from 2002 and is for Linux 2.4.20.  That's quite old now.  Are you
> really running a system that old?
> 
> Newer kernels seem to have support for this camera built in (the
> module is called "vicam"), so I would start by asking what version of
> Linux you are running and what you have done so far to try to get the
> webcam working?
> 
version = backtrack 3 final. I can't find a webcam viewer anywhere in this
OS. I tried downloading and installing gcam but I can't get it to work. I
also managed to install skype but when I try to look at the webcam preview
in that the skype program just suddenly closes. The preview button does
ay 'vicam' so I assume the OS has the driver in some way.