camorama

[Karl Larsen]

steve wrote:
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> | | | I looked at the FAQ and the database and several other places and find
> | | | no information on how to set up my camera in Linux. I really think
> it is
> | | | not possible for some reason
> | | |
> | | | Karl
> | | |
> | | |
> | | does it work in any other app?  have you installed spca cam drivers?
> | |
> | |>     No. Should I apt-get install spca cam? I tried it and it said no
> | |> such thing. Yes the camera works fine on WindowsXP.
> | |
> | |> Karl
> | |
> | |>
> |
> | download and install this
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> | http://www.reillyblog.com/uploads/gspcav1-20071214.tar.gz
> |
> | reboot, and then your cam will work.
> |
> |
> |
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> |     Hi Steve did as you asked but my system can't find gspcagui -d
> | /dev/video0
> |  so it can't work. I guess gspcagui should be in /usr/bin?
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> | Karl
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>
> not sure what that app is, but i dont think what i gave you installs
> that.  if you have a compatible camera, (hundreds are), and you have
> installed the driver, plug it in, and it should "just work" in skype,
> ekiga, and other apps as well.
>
> did you get any compile erros, and did you reboot?
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>
> - --
> Steve Reilly
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> http://reillyblog.com
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    Hi Steve, I just got back to it. Here is the err file:

karl at karl-desktop:~/work/gspcav1-20071214$ more kgspca.err
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build 
SUBDIRS=/home/karl/work/gspcav1-20071214 C
C=cc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/karl/work/gspcav1-20071214/gspca_core.o
  CC [M]  /home/karl/work/gspcav1-20071214/decoder/gspcadecoder.o
  LD [M]  /home/karl/work/gspcav1-20071214/gspca.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /home/karl/work/gspcav1-20071214/gspca.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/karl/work/gspcav1-20071214/gspca.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic'
karl at karl-desktop:~/work/gspcav1-20071214$

It looks to me like it made the headers and they are in the pile I 
compiled. The help keeps talking about v4l infrastucture which I know 
nothing about :-)


Karl


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