Thanks for all your help. I
may have figured out the sound issue, but I should point out the links provided earlier didn't help much. I discovered the SDB pages on this site and followed their advice. I apologize for asking a question that apparently already had an easy answer posted.
Yes, the first places I checked for the webcam were all the ones you provided, and I wasn't sure what to download from that "v4l-dvb" site or any of the others of similar ilk. I downloaded and tried the usual "make" then "make install" routine with less then stellar results. Below is what comes up, and I replaced my home directory with "$HOME". I am logged in as root.
Code:
# make
make -C $HOME/Desktop/v4l-dvb-c300798213a9/v4l
make[1]: Entering directory `$HOME/Desktop/v4l-dvb-c300798213a9/v4l'
Updating/Creating .config
Preparing to compile for kernel version 2.6.27
File not found: /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/build/.config at ./scripts/make_kconfig.pl line 32, <IN> line 4.
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `.myconfig', needed by `config-compat.h'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `$HOME/Desktop/v4l-dvb-c300798213a9/v4l'
make: *** [all] Error 2
# make install
make -C $HOME/Desktop/v4l-dvb-c300798213a9/v4l install
make[1]: Entering directory `$HOME/Desktop/v4l-dvb-c300798213a9/v4l'
Removing obsolete files from /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/media/video:
Removing obsolete files from /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/cinergyT2:
cinergyT2.ko
Removing obsolete files from /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends:
Installing kernel modules under /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/media/:
/sbin/depmod -a 2.6.27.23-0.1-default
make -C firmware install
make[2]: Entering directory `$HOME/Desktop/v4l-dvb-c300798213a9/v4l/firmware'
CC ihex2fw
Installing firmwares at /lib/firmware: vicam/firmware.fw cp: cannot stat `vicam/firmware.fw': No such file or directory
dabusb/firmware.fw cp: cannot stat `dabusb/firmware.fw': No such file or directory
dabusb/bitstream.bin cp: cannot stat `dabusb/bitstream.bin': No such file or directory
ttusb-budget/dspbootcode.bin cp: cannot stat `ttusb-budget/dspbootcode.bin': No such file or directory
cpia2/stv0672_vp4.bin cp: cannot stat `cpia2/stv0672_vp4.bin': No such file or directory
av7110/bootcode.bin cp: cannot stat `av7110/bootcode.bin': No such file or directory
make[2]: [install] Error 1 (ignored)
make[2]: Leaving directory `$HOME/Desktop/v4l-dvb-c300798213a9/v4l/firmware'
make[1]: Leaving directory `$HOME/Desktop/v4l-dvb-c300798213a9/v4l'
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Based on the errors and the lack of webcam working I'm guessing it didn't work, so how can I fix it? I did download what I could from YaST2 of 'libv4l', but I'm not sure what you (pdc_2) mean by typing in that preload thing for Kopete. Where would I type it in? In the Konsole? If so, under what directory? And if for Skype, would I simply replace "kopete" with "skype"? Would I have to do this every time I want to use it, or restart?
Now I realize there's an issue with playing DVDs, but that's another whole can of worms. What I will say here is that one DVD I have is not recognized as being in the drive when it clearly is. This may be a hardware issue. Is 11.1 just not wanting to recognize my disc?
Again, thanks for the replies and the help. And I still appreciate any further comments.
Thanks!