Problem installing Creative Webcam Live! Ultra

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John Schofield Wrote: 
> I'm testing several webcams for my company. I'm running Ubuntu 5.10  

> with all updates.

> 

> A Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 showed up in GnomeMeeting with no  

> problems -- worked flawlessly.

> 

> However, I'm having a little more trouble with Creative Webcam Live!  

> Ultra. Which stinks, because its lens characteristics are better for  

> our purposes.

> 

> 

> Creative does not support Linux directly, but do point to a web page  

> with pointers to open-source, non-Creative drivers:

> http://opensource.creative.com/webcam.html

> 

> Although my camera is not listed, the closest match seemed to be the  

> Spca5xx project at:

> http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html

> 

> They list several Creative cameras, including one "Live!" one, but  

> not the Ultra.

> 

> Because it seemed like a close match and *might* work, I downloaded  

> their package and attempted to install it.

> 

> Their instructions say you need to have a kernel source tree:

> 

> "Module compile outside the kernel tree but need the source of your  

> running

> kernel installed and configured.

> be sure your kernel include usb and v4l stuff"

> 

> So I ran "apt-get install kernel-package-2.6.12-10" and then  

> "fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=bogus.0 kernel_image"

> 

> When I run "make" from inside the "spca5xx-20060301" folder, I get  

> the following output:

> "Building SPCA5XX driver for 2.5/2.6 kernel.

> Remember: you must have read/write access to your kernel source  

> tree.

> make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/home/dakim/ 

> spca5xx-20060301 CC=cc modules

> make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/build: No such file or  

> directory.  Stop.

> make: *** [default] Error 2"

> 

> My questions:

> 

> 1) Am I doing this the right way? Is there a better way of getting  

> this camera working with Ubuntu?

> 2) Would Dapper have better support for my camera?

> 3) If I'm going about this the right way in general, what am I  

> missing when I attempt to compile the spca5xx driver?

> 

> 

> Thanks very much!

> 

> 

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The correct way to do it is here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=75284


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arnieboy