One more data point: I left the system as is during the night, and the next day - when waking up - I saw that xawtv -hwscan finished, giving the following output:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xawtv -hwscan This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.18-4-686) looking for available devices port 65-65 type : Xvideo, image scaler name : NV Video Overlay port 66-97 type : Xvideo, image scaler name : NV Video Blitter /dev/video0: OK [ -device /dev/video0 ] type : v4l name : Logitech QuickCam EC flags: capture When running again xawtv -hwscan, it again got stuck after identifying port 66-97. --- Omer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]