camorama

[Thomas Kaiser]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> steve wrote:
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>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> | steve wrote:
>> | Karl Larsen wrote:
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>> | | Karl Larsen 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
>> |
>> | http://www.reillyblog.com/uploads/gspcav1-20071214.tar.gz
>> |
>> | reboot, and then your cam will work.
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |>
>>
>> |     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?
>>
>>
>> | Karl
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>> - --
>> Steve Reilly
>>
>> 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 :-)
>

Did you run "sudo make install"?
and reboot.

But before running this command, check in the Makefile if the install path 
points to the right folder.
In gutsy it should read:
MODULE_INSTALLDIR = /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/ubuntu/gspcav1/media/

Thomas


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