Getting webcams to work with GNU/Linux is generally a complete nightmare, as a result of different chipsets in the same model, and some working in a vastly different way to others.

However, I was elated a few days ago when I found that my 8 pound, generic, bottom of the range, unbranded webcam worked with GNU/Linux.

I intend to outline I have no idea whether the details of how I got it working. This is is intended to be helpful to someone trying to set their M6323 webcam up or a different Generic webcam, so I'll try and go into as much detail as possible. I apologise if I write this for those who will find it the hardest to understand, if you generally know what you are doing, apologies.

I bought the webcam, back when I was running Windows XP. It was very cheap, costing about 12 pounds including delivery, which at the time, was ground breaking.

The first problem I came to was that I had no idea about the webcam's mode ... Читать дальше »