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Why did I copied/pasted that bunch of USB info? Well... I'm not sure if you understood what I asked in this topic. Let me "rewind the tape"... I asked what's the best webcamera that could be recognized by RedHat 9 out of the box, with no need to download or install drivers. Then you answered that I should use Mandrake. I said that I know about Mandrake being more comprehensive in terms of hardware recognition. Then you suggested me to run usbview and stated that if usbview would find something then the camera was running, I copied and pasted that bunch of USB info to show you that it was recognized by usbview but, pay attention, the camera was not working in RedHat 9. The camera was in need of a driver. Conclusion? Usbview has nothing to do with hardware working. In other words, if a USB would be recognized by usbview but still it woul not run if there is no driver. I just wanted to make that clear for you, is that OK? I know all the distributions that you mentioned. As I said, I know that Mandrake is the most comprehensible in terms of hardware recognition. If someone asks my opinion of what is the best Linux distro to install, I always recommend Mandrake for it is the best user-friendly Linus distro. However, I need to use RedHat 9 and will not deploy Mandrake because you and I or someone else think it's the best distro. When helping people, we should not be biased. This whole discussion on what is the best Linux distribution is quite like discussing religion. Each one has his/her own faith and I don't dare to argue about that, not to mention to waste my time. Perhaps I can do that in my next reincarnation, however, I do not believe in reicarnation, so... For the ones interested in knowing what is the best webcam for RedHat 9 that doesn't need driver installation, I would suggest to have a look in the directory: /lib/modules/**********/kernel/drivers/usb (where ********** is the kernel version, e.g., in my case, 2.4.20-13.9). In that directory, ls command would show a few files with extension ".o" and some of those files are module drivers that would enable webcameras that work with those drivers with no need of driver installation, right out of the box. I searched a bit and found a few webcameras like the following: For ov511.o module driver: Creative Webcam III, D-Link DSB-C300 and C100, MediaForte MV300, Avermedia webcam and Ezonics EZ Cam II. For konicawc.o module driver: Intel Create and Share Camer Pack For hid.o module driver: Kensington (not sure which model) I hope that helps. That's the kind of answer I expected... I will not check this topic again, so don't waste your time asking me questions here. Have a good one...

I'm not trying to setup any camera. I'm trying to know what USB webcam can be installed and used with RedHat 9 with no need to setup or install drivers, i.e. that could be recognized by RedHat 9 rightaway. Plug and Play. I know for sure that USB Logitech Quickcam cannot. It demands to download and install a driver.

Gnomemeeting doesn't recognize the camera under RedHat 9. Gnomemeeting recognizes the camera under Mandrake 9.1

I guess we are diverting from the main point... anyways, yes I have usbview and it indicates the presence of a camera, although it does not specify which camera is. It provides the following information: Camera Speed: 12Mb/s (full) USB Version: 1.10 Device Class: ff(vend.) Device Subclass: ff Device Protocol: ff Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 8 Number of Configurations: 1 Vendor Id: 046d Product Id: 0870 Revision Number: 1.00 Config Number: 1 Number of Interfaces: 1 Attributes: 80 MaxPower Needed: 90mA Interface Number: 0 Name: (none) Alternate Number: 0 Class: ff(vend.) Sub Class: 0 Protocol: 0 Number of Endpoints: 2 Endpoint Address: 81 Direction: in Attribute: 1 Type: Isoc Max Packet Size: 0 Interval: 1ms Endpoint Address: 82 Direction: in Attribute: 3 Type: Int. Max Packet Size: 1 Interval: 16ms Interface Number: 0 Name: (none) Alternate Number: 1 Class: ff(vend.) Sub Class: 0 Protocol: 0 Number of Endpoints: 2 Endpoint Address: 81 Direction: in Attribute: 1 Type: Isoc Max Packet Size: 1023 Interval: 1ms Endpoint Address: 82 Direction: in Attribute: 3 Type: Int. Max Packet Size: 1 Interval: 16ms There's no driver for that camera in RedHat 9 as it is in Mandrake and I'm afraid that usbview cannot help to provide that driver... So, back to my question again, I would like to know what webcamera is recognized by RedHat 9 rightaway, without the need of installing a driver and do extra configuration. Just as the way Mandrake does. Thank you,

I know that Mandrake recognizes it. Mandrake is very comprehensive in hardware recognition. It's real amazing! However, I would like to know if there's a webcamera that could be recognized like that, by RedHat 9. Thank you.

I would like to know if there is a webcam that works for RedHat 9 right out of the box, with no extra configuration, no need for manual driver installation. Thank you,

I installed Kshowmail3.0.3-4mdk in Mandrake 9.1 and the installation was straightforward, I mean, no dependency, no problem. However, it has a problem: I set my account and the application seems to not keep that setting. After closing the application, the next time I open it, the account is not shown and I need to set it again. Needless to say that I save the account settings... I appreciate any help.

Install package kdenetwork-devel.

The application works very well with Mandrake 9.1.

Works very well with Mandrake 9.1 and I was able to help a few friends remotely. I anticipate that this tool is going to give a huge boost to Linux because it will be much easier to support newbies and provide general maintenance via a remote connection.

Well, this is the error message that I get when I tried to run Desktop Sharing in KDE Control Center (Internet & Network): ¨There was an error loading the module¨ The dialog screen has an option for details that say: Library files for ¨libkcm_krfb.la¨ not found in paths (still in details option) Possible reasons: An error occurred during your last KDE upgrade leaving an orphaned control module You have old third party modules lying around Check these points carefully and try to remove the module mentioned in the error message. If this fails, consider contacting your distributor or packager. I have no firewall installed.

You said: (...) Mandrake and Red Hat both did a fairly good job of hardware recognition and there were no apparent software application configuration problems or errors after a post install reboot. (...) My question is specifically about KDE Desktop Sharing with RH9. I was unable to use it. Can you use it? I posted more details about this here in this forum.

That should solve the problem.

I have a brand new installation of Red Hat 9. I tried to run Desktop Sharing in KDE Control Center (Internet & Network) and got the error message: ¨There was an error loading the module¨ It also showed a details option that was saying: Library files for ¨libkcm_krfb.la¨ not found in paths Possible reasons: An error occurred during your last KDE upgrade leaving an orphaned control module You have old third party modules lying around Check these points carefully and try to remove the module mentioned in the error message. If this fails, consider contacting your distributor or packager. I appreciate any help. Thank you.

Excellent! It worked great with Alsa! Thank you!