[Sheflug] Webcam Woes

[James Wallbank <nospam [at] lowtech.org>]

Hi All,

As preparation for a more intelligent project than staring at a 
stupid LED toy in Access Space I'm using Camstream to implement a 
webcam on a Mandrake 8.0 box. It works fine for about 2 hours, then I 
get some kind of nonspecific KDE hang. I've tried launching under 
Gnome or Sawfish to solve the problem, but the errors still keep 
hanging the stream. There's just a checkbox that says "Error", with 
an OK button. Press "OK" and the stream resumes! Any suggestions for 
bugfixes, alternative s/w or solutions?

Camera: Kensington VGA / USB
H/W: Compaq P166 Deskpro
Method: FTP JPG image to server every 45 seconds.
Stream: (now hung) http://access.lowtech.org/webcam/

Thanks in advance for your help,

James
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org: Redundant Technology Initiative
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eml: rti [at] lowtech.org
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      1 Sidney Street
      Sheffield
      S1 4RG
      UK
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