How to get webcam working under Fedora Core 8

[Tom Poe]

Totally Burned wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've installed Fedora Core 8. Got everything working fine but my webcam.
>
> If I log in as root, Ekiga seems to find the attached device if I have 
> V4L2 selected as video plug-in, but not if I select V4L. No other 
> packages find it (notably Skype and GYachE).
>
> If I log in to a user account, not even Ekiga finds it, even if I 
> select V4L2.
>
> I've tried installing the gspca driver via the livna repository, but 
> it didn't change anything. I'm not sure the gspca driver actually 
> supports my webcam.
>
> I get this info if I run the v4l2-tool:
>
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0ac8:303b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0303 
> WebCam
>
> Does anyone have any tips/suggestions/solutions by any chance? Thanks 
> if so :)
>
> David 
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