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[Thomas Kaiser]

gene french wrote:
> i have been reading the archives and can not seem to find what i am 
> looking for...and i would appreciate it very much is someone here could 
> point me in the right direction...
> 
> i have an acer aspire 5610 running feisty...
> under 2.6.20-15 my creative webcam live/live pro worked just fine...and 
> i had sound in kopete...
> i then upgraded to ...20-16 and installed a tvtuner,  hauppauge 
> hvr-950...which i got working...
> i then lost the webcam and sound in kopete!!
> i am not sure if it was the upgrade to ...20-16 or installation of the 
> tvtuner killed the webcam?? or maybe it is totally unrelated...when i go 
> back to ...20-15 the webcam works...but kernel not compiled up for tvtuner..
> i got source for gspcav1... and compiled with no errors...but i get 
> error when : sudo modprobe gspca...-->FATAL: Error inserting gspca 
> (/lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/media/gspca.ko): 
> Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> i then blacklisted the two modules needed em28xx and em2880-dvb needed 
> to run the tvtuner...same results...and i am at a loss at this point...
> if anyone can help...it would save whatever hair that i have left...
> thanks in advance
> 
> gene french
> 

Hello Gene

Make sure videodev is loaded when you try to load gspca.

Post "lsmod" and the errors you get when you try to load gspca.
But gspca is included in Ubuntu and should work out of the box.

What is the USB Vendor:Product ID of your cam?

Thomas


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