On Sunday 04 November 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > Well, I tried to follow the above instructions, but... > > I didn't have the kernel headers for my 2.6.16 kernel and they do not > seem to be available in the Etch repository. I took this as a sign that > it was time to upgrade my kernel and upgraded to 2.6.22-3-k7 from > backports. Then I reran module-assistant. > > This time, m-a found and downloaded the kernel headers. I then selected > the module to compile. The gspca-source was not listed, so I used the > spca5xx-source. When I tried to build the sources, however, the build > failed. The logfile contained nothing but the date and time, so I have > no specific errors to report. It may be that the problem is using > spca5xx-source instead of gspca-source, but that was not listed as an > option. If I download it manually, might m-a find it and allow me to > use it. > > Any ideas on what I should try next? > > -- > Marc Shapiro > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marc, You have a couple of options, one is to upgrade your etch to the current 2.6.18-5 kernel and then build the spca module. I built the spca module from source with 2.6.18 kernel. The spca5 source doesn't build with the newer kernels 2.6.22. You need to use the gspca-source. I am running testing/unstable, and gspca-source is available in testing/unstable repositories. If you grab the 2.6.22 from backports, they might also have that source package. Otherwise you could just grab it from a debian repository or use apt-pinning to pin a lower priority for lenny/testing and and then grab the gspca source. I am using the gspca module for my web cam, so do know that the module builds with 2.6.22. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
