I've plugged in a Logitech Clicksmart 310 webcam into my Dell's front USB port. It appears in the 'lsusb' list and it appears in 'lsmod':
Module Size Used bybinfmt_misc 8356 1 snd_emu10k1x 15556 2 snd_ac97_codec 101216 1 snd_emu10k1xsnd_pcm_oss 37920 0 snd_mixer_oss 16028 1 snd_pcm_osssnd_pcm 75296 3 snd_emu10k1x,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_osssnd_seq_dummy 2656 0 snd_seq_oss 28576 0 snd_seq_midi 6432 0 snd_rawmidi 22208 2 snd_emu10k1x,snd_seq_midisnd_seq_midi_event 6940 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midisnd_seq 50224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_eventsnd_timer 22276 2 snd_pcm,snd_seqsnd_seq_device 6920 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seqsnd 59204 14 snd_emu10k1x,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_deviceemu10k1_gp 2492 0 gameport 11368 2 emu10k1_gpiptable_filter 3100 0 soundcore 7264 1 sndac97_bus 1532 1 snd_ac97_codecsnd_page_alloc 9156 2 snd_emu10k1x,snd_pcmnvidia 4704212 32 ip_tables 11692 1 iptable_filterx_tables 16544 1 ip_tablesusblp 12636 0 ppdev 6688 0 parport_pc 31940 1 shpchp 32272 0 lp 8964 0 parport 35340 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lpgspca_spca500 11996 0 gspca_main 22812 1 gspca_spca500videodev 36736 1 gspca_mainv4l1_compat 14496 1 videodevdell_wmi 2564 0 dcdbas 7292 0 usbhid 38208 0 ohci1394 29900 0 ieee1394 86596 1 ohci1394e100 32420 0 mii 5212 1 e100floppy 54916 0 intel_agp 27484 1 agpgart 34988 2 nvidia,intel_agp
How do I create the /dev/video* entry by hand? The gspca_spca500 is the right driver for the clicksmart 310. I think that's the only thing missing to be able to use video in skype.

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