Testing your webcam is done with mplayer, first though you’ll have to install mplayer as so:

sudo aptitude install mplayer

then fire up mplayer as so but in one line:

mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=320:height=240:fps=200:device=/dev/video0 -nosound

And you SHOULD see your pretty face on the screen. Good Luck.

This of course works if you want to open Kopete links in Firefox as well. Instead of the default Konqueror. Just replace my ‘swiftfox’ in the commands with ‘firefox’

This assumes that you are using the same environment as I am (KDE4.2, Ubuntu 9.04)

1. System Settings* -> Default Applications -> Web Browser
2. Set the value for “in the following browser” as ” /usr/bin/swiftfox -new-tab ”
3. Apply
4. You’re Done.

*If you’re not sure where “System Settings” is, press Alt + F2 and type “System Settings” (remove quotes)

0. Take note that I use aptitude, apt-get will serve the same function.

1. edit /etc/apt/sources. list and add the following lines:

deb http://getswiftfox.com/builds/debian unstable non-free

2. Go to a terminal and type:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install swiftfox-prescott

3. You’re done. Look below for instructions on how to setup Java on Swiftfox

Note: Your best place to look for swiftfox and .deb is still here