On Sat, 07 Feb 2009, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > I have installed linux-image-2.6.28-1-686 from the kernel trunk and the > corresponding header files (after building linux-kbuild from source). > Everything works fine except my webcam. The webcam works perfectly under > the kernel 2.6.26-1-686 from debian/testing. > > I have downloaded the gspca-source and when I try to compile, I get the > following error (tried make as well as m-a) : [ . . . ]
The gspca driver is merged into the mainline kernel for 2.6.27 and up. Use 'make xconfig' to enable it, delete /usr/src/modules/gspca/ if it exists, then rebuild and install the kernel package. There is an API change though[*]. You'll need to install the 'libv4l-0' compatibility package (backport if you're running etch) and use the following wrapper: ---------- cut here ----------- #! /bin/bash # Needed for gspca in kernel 2.6.27 and up # See http://moinejf.free.fr/gspca_README.txt # This requires the libv4l-0 debian package (which contains the compat lib # below). exe=`basename "$0"` LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so "/usr/bin/${exe}" ---------- cut here ----------- Save the script as $HOME/bin/fix_webcam_app and then symlink your webcam programs to it. For example % ln -s $HOME/bin/fix_webcam_app $HOME/bin/effectv % ln -s $HOME/bin/fix_webcam_app $HOME/bin/camstream or whatever. (The script obviously assumes the original binary lies in /usr/bin/ and will fail, modify to taste.) [*] I still run Debian Etch. Maybe everything has been recompiled for the new API and works out of the box with Lenny? YMMV. -- Brad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
