Actually I didn't run into any problems, I just downloaded the xawtv source from http://linux.bytesex.org/xawtv and followed the usual compile routine per the readme: configure, make, make install (cant remember the order). I was quite surprised when it sucessfully compiled it with a stock knoppix distro. since I wanted to use the webcam program to periodically take pictures and ftp them to a ftp site, the tricky part was configuring the .webcamrc file in the home directory. see http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/linux/webcam.html for tips on that

Oh after compiling the driverI would save the driver (I named it quickcam.o) to a usb keydrive for easy retrieval after reboot, and I do the following 2 commands to load it.
sudo modprobe videodev
insmod quickcam.o

Here are some more linux webcam links:

ideo4linux mailing list https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listi...deo4linux-list
http://hshanemd.net/docs/HOWTOS/Webc...ices.html#QCAM
http://www.linux.com/howtos/Webcam-HOWTO/devices.shtml
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/VideoLAN-HOWTO/index.html
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