Comments | slackcub: It's time for a change

slackcub

It's time for a change

Mar 20, 2009 15:23

Well, I made the switch to Arch Linux over this week. I'm liking it so far. Especially the package manager. I also like the fact that they use more recent versions of programs. The only problem I've had so far is with my webcam, but that's an issue with the Linux kernel itself and not the distro(if you geeky types want the details, I'll give ' ( Read more... )

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slackcub March 20 2009, 21:25:42 UTC

oh, I got my cam working, took a while though. It turns out there's a bug in the 2.6.28 kernel that didn't allocate sufficient bnadwidth to USB1.1 devices when they are attached to a 2.0 hub. Now that I've got it plugged directly into my laptop, I'm all good now. Though I am pissed that the driver no longer includes a /sys/modules/gspca_spca561/parameters directory so I could adjust brightness/gamma/etc.

mattpup March 21 2009, 02:56:54 UTC

OMG JUST KEEP IT

slackcub March 21 2009, 03:03:33 UTC

You should be working!