camorama

[Thomas Kaiser]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Thomas Kaiser wrote:
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>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>>> steve wrote:
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>>>>> | 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
>>>>> |
>>>>> | 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
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>     Hi Thomas something went wrong with the make install. I did this:
>>
>> root at karl-desktop:~# locate gspca.o
>> /home/karl/work/gspcav1-20071214/.gspca.o.cmd
>> /home/karl/work/gspcav1-20071214/gspca.o
>>
>> and it says this kernel item was not put in the kernel at all. I am an 
>> old hand at tarballs but this one is different. I will make sure that 
>> make install has the right address and truck on. Thanks!
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>   
>     Hi again Thomas I went to the kernel's modules and found this:
> 
> root at karl-desktop:/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/media# cd gspcav1/
> root at karl-desktop:/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/media/gspcav1# ls
> gspca.ko
> root at karl-desktop:/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/media/gspcav1#
> 
> And this is the only filename.ko in the tarball and made by the system. 
> I think maybe I need to make this module available to the kernel.
> 
> I did a ps -A and did not see gspca so that must be the problem :-)
> 
> 
> Karl
> 
> 

Hello Karl

First, the command to see the modules in the kernel is "lsmod", not ps -A! And 
the file your looking for is gspca.ko not gspca.o!

So, you run Gutsy.
On my install, I have a /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/media/gspcav1/ 
folder but his is empty. See:

thomas at AMD64:~$ ls /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/media/gspcav1/
thomas at AMD64:~$

The correct location is /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/gspcav1/media/. See:
thomas at AMD64:~$ ls /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/gspcav1/media/
gspca.ko  gspca.ko.orig
thomas at AMD64:~$

When you set the MODULE_INSTALLDIR variable to this path, you should have the 
kernel module there.

Thomas

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