Cannot configure Philips webcam in Jaunty

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:22:21 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:

> I have a SPC700NC webcam that is listed as four stars on this page:
> http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html
> 
> The webcam worked in Kubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) with the spca5xx driver. In
> Kubuntu 9.04(Jaunty), it seems to be detected just fine: $ tail
> /var/log/kern.log
> Jul 11 11:44:23 laptop kernel: [ 4418.861056] CE: hpet increasing
> min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
> Jul 11 16:09:20 laptop kernel: [20316.749843] CE: hpet increasing
> min_delta_ns to 22500 nsec
> Jul 11 16:53:09 laptop kernel: [22945.404068] usb 4-1: new full speed
> USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Jul 11 16:53:09 laptop kernel:
> [22945.635829] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Jul 11 16:53:09 laptop kernel: [22945.687834] Linux video capture
> interface: v2.00
> Jul 11 16:53:09 laptop kernel: [22945.692035] gspca: main v2.3.0
> registered
> Jul 11 16:53:09 laptop kernel: [22945.693863] gspca: probing 093a:2601
> Jul 11 16:53:09 laptop kernel: [22945.715198] gspca: probe ok Jul 11
> 16:53:09 laptop kernel: [22945.715230] usbcore: registered new interface
> driver pac7311
> Jul 11 16:53:09 laptop kernel: [22945.715236] pac7311: registered
> 
> However, when I try to use it with camorama I get this message: "Unable
> to capture image"
> 
> Also, Skype shows only garbled video. Therefore, I tried to compile the
> spca5xx driver on 9.04 (Jaunty) but got these errors:
> 
> jaunty2 at laptop:~/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224$ make make -C
> /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
> SUBDIRS=/home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224 CC=cc modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic'
>   CC [M]  /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o
> /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:54:27:
> error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
> /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In
> function ‘spca5xx_ioctl’:
> /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2463:
> error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_usercopy’
> /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: At top
> level:
> /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609:
> error: unknown field ‘owner’ specified in initializer
> /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609:
> warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
> /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2611:
> error: unknown field ‘type’ specified in initializer
> /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In
> function ‘spca50x_create_sysfs’:
> /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2769:
> error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_create_file’
> /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2780:
> error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_remove_file’
> /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In
> function ‘spca5xx_probe’:
> /home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:4301:
> error: incompatible types in assignment make[2]: ***
> [/home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [_module_/home/jaunty2/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224]
> Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic' make: *** [default] Error 2
> jaunty2 at laptop:~/inOut/fromFirefox/gspcav1-20071224$
> 
> 
> 
> I really have no idea where to go from here. Has anyone any ideas? Note
> that /dev/video0 exists, but there are no gspca.ko files in the
> filesystem. Thanks!

I hope this link may at least give you some pointers:
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1046581

    -Frans