ov51x and the eye-toy camera

[Ulrich Steffens]

Am Samstag, den 16.09.2006, 17:30 +0100 schrieb perl105:
> This is the output I get from the above:
> 
> Code:
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>     gil at gc-desktop:~/Downloads/ov51x-jpeg-0.5.2$ mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/ov511.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/ov511.ko.orig
> 
>   mv: cannot stat `/lib/modules/2.6.15-26-386/kernel/drivers/usb/media/ov511.ko': No such file or directory
> 
>   gil at gc-desktop:~/Downloads/ov51x-jpeg-0.5.2$ sudo depmod -a gil at gc-desktop:~/Downloads/ov51x-jpeg-0.5.2$ sudo modprobe ov519_decomp FATAL: Error inserting ov519_decomp (/lib/modules/2.6.15-26-386/extra/ov519_decomp.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> 
>   gil at gc-desktop:~/Downloads/ov51x-jpeg-0.5.2$
> 
>   
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> 
> 
> -- 
> perl105
> 
thats because the path for the module is wrong.
the ov511 is in
 /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/ov511/
well, at least in edgy ;)

but it shouldn't be necessary to move them out of the way.
first, i see you'll be using an older version of the driver.
the recent driver is version 0.5.3
so here's what i would do:
i recommend using the nifty nautilus-open-terminal extension, that way
you right-click in nautilus and when selecting 'open terminal' a
terminal will open in the desired directory. you'll get it with
sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal

# download the last version of the driver
http://www.rastageeks.org/downloads/ov51x-jpeg-0.5.3.tar.gz

# rightclick the package > extract.
# doubleclick the new directory and right > open terminal
# now in the terminal 

# this compiles the modules
make

# this installs the modules
sudo make install

# this updates the modules list
# i'm not sure if its really necessary, the man-page says its obsolete
# but it can't hurt either ;)
sudo update-modules

#regenerate module dependencies
sudo depmod

# removing old driver
sudo rmmod ov511

# insert new driver
sudo insmod ./ov51x.ko
sudo insmod ./ov519_decomp.ko

# add the new driver
sudo modprobe ov51x
sudo modprobe ov519_decomp

# tell the kernel what to do when the camera is plugged in
sudo touch /etc/modprobe.d/ov51x
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/ov51x

# fill in (must be one line)
install ov51x /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ov51x; /sbin/modprobe
ov519_decomp

# save. close. done.

tell us if its working

 - ulrich