# The Webcam HOWTO

### Howard Shane

`<hshane[AT]austin.rr.com>`

Revision History
Revision 1.61 | 2005-02-21 | Revised by: jhs
Update on revived Philips Webcam driver development
Revision 1.6 | 2005-01-02 | Revised by: jhs
Errata fixed, some rewrites for readability, new chipsets and updates
Revision 1.1 | 2004-01-12 | Revised by: jhs
Update for 2.6 series kernel release and info on NW802-based webcams
Revision 1.0 | 2003-12-04 | Revised by: JP
Initial Release / Reviewed by TLDP
Revision 0.5 | 2003-11-07 | Revised by: jhs
Final revision after v4l mailing list feedback
Revision 0.1 | 2003-10-12 | Revised by: jhs
Initial draft posted

This document was written to assist the reader in the steps necessary to configure and use a webcam within the Linux operating system.

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