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GSPCA
when i try wget http://www.bairesnortelug.com.ar/diff/gspca.diff
im getting this:
donivan@donivan-laptop:/usr/src/modules/gspcav1-20071224$ wget http://www.bairesnortelug.com.ar/diff/gspca.diff
--2010-02-26 01:43:21-- http://www.bairesnortelug.com.ar/diff/gspca.diff
Resolving www.bairesnortelug.com.ar... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address `www.bairesnortelug.com.ar'
any ideas on this issue
thanks
Try Again
It works here, so try again. If it still fails then you've got some kind of DNS problem.
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.
GSPCA
It works but is there any patch like gspca for kernel version 2.6.31?
thanks
Patch
This post is going on two years old and it looks like there have been significant changes to this driver. If you've got kernel version 2.6.31 then my first thought is that you're dealing with a different sort of a problem and you don't need to patch the kernel. What distro are you using and what type of camera do you have?
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.
GSPCA
im using ubunto 9.10 and im using also gentoo , my camera is a logitech quickcam chat
thanks
More Info
From what I find on the gspca driver site and in other locations that webcam should be working. What application are you using and what symptoms are you seeing (or not seeing)?
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.
GSPCA
well first of all i`m not seeing /dev/video0 i have my webcam plugged... if i go to /dev i dont have the folder video0...
if you type this on the konsole
ls -la /dev/video0
ls: cannot access /dev/video0: No such file or directory
ls /dev/vid*
ls: cannot access /dev/vid*: No such file or directory
i have try to install the camera driver but it says that gspca doesn't exist on /proc/modules,i`ve tried to copy the driver to /usr/src/modules, but there already a file name modules but it seems to be a .tar file and it doesnt let copy anything to it or extract the info, so i don't really know what to do there , when i enter lsmod im not getting anything at all , lsusb does detect the camera,i already add the gspca_spca561 to the /etc/modules, and im still not getting anything, am i doing anything wrong so far?
thanks
Drivers
Since lsusb sees the camera but lsmod isn't showing any driver then you probably don't have the driver installed, which is probably the conclusion that you've alread come to.
But, as I mentioned this seems like it ought to work without kernel/driver patching. You've got a fairly new distro so the driver should be there. Undo your changes to /etc/modules and start your package manager and search for "gspca" and/or "webcam" and see if there are any standard packages that could help (I can't tell you which ones since I don't use ubuntu or gentoo).
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.
Does this work with Opensuse?
Does this work with Opensuse and quickcam communicate stx?
It doesn't work!!
i got ubuntu 8.10 and it does work... the pc recognices it in skype when i test it but only shows green stripes...no real image...
Comment.ec:2910: error: too many arguments to function
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I am getting the above error. What is amazing is that, some programs are linking and not all.
Could have an idea on this ?
Thanking you for your cooperation.
Felix Mwango Mutale
Error instalation
When i click Lancer installation
Following error happens:
@ubuntu:~$ gksudo 'python /usr/share/EasyCam2/core.py --gtk'
GO !
ln: creating symbolic link `/lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/build/include/linux/config.h': File exists
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
REMOVE the old module if present
ERROR: Module gspca does not exist in /proc/modules
CLEAN gspca source tree
rm -r -f *.o decoder/.gspcadecoder.o.cmd decoder/*.o \
.gspca.o.cmd *.o *.ko *.mod.* .[a-z]* core *.i \
*.symvers *.err
COMPILE gspca Please Wait ....!!
INSTALL gspca in the kernel binary tree
mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/spca5xx.ko
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca.ko
install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
install: cannot stat `gspca.ko': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1
LOAD gspca in memory
FATAL: Module gspca not found.
PRINT COMPILATION MESSAGES if ERRORS look kgspca.err
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca CC=cc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
CC [M] /usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.o
/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.c:54:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.c: In function 'spca5xx_ioctl':
/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.c:2464: error: implicit declaration of function 'video_usercopy'
/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.c: At top level:
/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.c:2610: error: unknown field 'owner' specified in initializer
/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.c:2610: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.c:2612: error: unknown field 'type' specified in initializer
/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.c: In function 'spca50x_create_sysfs':
/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.c:2770: error: implicit declaration of function 'video_device_create_file'
/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.c:2781: error: implicit declaration of function 'video_device_remove_file'
/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.c: In function 'spca5xx_probe':
/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.c:4310: error: incompatible types in assignment
make[2]: *** [/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca/gspca_core.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/share/EasyCam2/drivers/gspca] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2
:'(
It didn't compile for me
It didn't compile for me either.
After googling, I think the problem is that it was made for older linux kernels, it cannot be compiled for current kernels.
it doesn't work
i also got all of these errors, on both Ubuntu 8.10 i386 and amd64, following this video
from some forum post i also tried this one used to work on Ubuntu 8.04, but not anymore on Ubuntu 8.10:
sudo apt-get install gspca-source module-assistant
sudo module-assistant update
sudo m-a a-i gspca
modprobe gspca
sudo apt-get install xawtv
xawtv
what may happen for causing it? is there some really working way on having webcam really working on an updated Ubuntu? thanks! =)
./gspca_build didn't work
i know i'm a linux n00b but none the less...
when i type in ./gspca_build i get:
root@indy-desktop:/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224# ./gspca_build
REMOVE the old module if present
ERROR: Module gspca does not exist in /proc/modules
CLEAN gspca source tree
rm -r -f *.o decoder/.gspcadecoder.o.cmd decoder/*.o \
.gspca.o.cmd *.o *.ko *.mod.* .[a-z]* core *.i \
*.symvers *.err
COMPILE gspca Please Wait ....!!
INSTALL gspca in the kernel binary tree
mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/spca5xx.ko
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca.ko
install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
install: cannot stat `gspca.ko': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1
LOAD gspca in memory
FATAL: Module gspca not found.
PRINT COMPILATION MESSAGES if ERRORS look kgspca.err
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224 CC=cc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
CC [M] /home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o
/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:54:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_ioctl’:
/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2463: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_usercopy’
/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: At top level:
/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609: error: unknown field ‘owner’ specified in initializer
/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2611: error: unknown field ‘type’ specified in initializer
/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca50x_create_sysfs’:
/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2769: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_create_file’
/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2780: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_remove_file’
/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_probe’:
/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:4301: error: incompatible types in assignment
make[2]: *** [/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2
root@indy-desktop:/home/indy/gspcav1-20071224#
any ideas what went wrong?
i'm MORE than willing to do anything it takes.
PLEASE email me: independence.adams@gmail.com
Thanks
gspca
Kernel >= 2.6.27
wget http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz
wget http://www.bairesnortelug.com.ar/diff/gspca.diff
tar -zxvf gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz
cd gspcav1-20071224
cat ../gspca.diff | patch -p1
./gspca_build
Happy !!!!
Thz http://www.bairesnortelug.com.ar
Slackware Rulez :P
this parch works to me1!
after two hours of surfing. finally this patch to gspca works under my linux distro.. ubuntu jaunty with kernel 2.6.28-15-generic !!
Thanks a lot
Got the same thing as that
Got the same thing as that guy did above. wtf
Error
I get this error :
make
make: sdl-config: Command not found
cc -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DHAVE_LIBJPEG=1 -c -o spcagui.o spcagui.c
In file included from spcagui.c:23:
gui.h:11:21: error: SDL/SDL.h: No such file or directory
gui.h:12:23: error: SDL_image.h: No such file or directory
In file included from spcagui.c:23:
gui.h:41: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘SDL_Surface’
gui.h:51: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘SDL_Surface’
gui.h:63: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘SDL_Surface’
gui.h:76: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘SDL_Surface’
gui.h:79: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘SDL_Surface’
gui.h:87: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘SDL_Surface’
gui.h:90: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘SDL_Surface’
gui.h:99: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘SDL_Surface’
gui.h:102: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘SDL_Surface’
gui.h:105: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘SDL_Surface’
In file included from spcagui.c:26:
utils.h:22:21: error: jpeglib.h: No such file or directory
spcagui.c:224: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘SDL_Surface’
spcagui.c: In function ‘refresh_screen’:
spcagui.c:238: error: ‘Screen’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:238: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
spcagui.c:238: error: for each function it appears in.)
spcagui.c: In function ‘telecom’:
spcagui.c:289: error: ‘SDL_Surface’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:289: error: ‘screen’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:291: error: ‘Uint32’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:291: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘video_flags’
spcagui.c:292: error: ‘SDL_Event’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:292: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘event’
spcagui.c:295: error: ‘lib_flags’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:295: error: ‘SDL_INIT_VIDEO’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:297: error: ‘video_flags’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:297: error: ‘SDL_HWPALETTE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:297: error: ‘SDL_DOUBLEBUF’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:315: error: too many arguments to function ‘draw_button’
spcagui.c:316: error: too many arguments to function ‘draw_button’
spcagui.c:317: error: too many arguments to function ‘draw_button’
spcagui.c:318: error: too many arguments to function ‘draw_button’
spcagui.c:319: error: too many arguments to function ‘draw_button’
spcagui.c:320: error: too many arguments to function ‘draw_button’
spcagui.c:321: error: too many arguments to function ‘draw_potentiometre’
spcagui.c:322: error: too many arguments to function ‘draw_potentiometre’
spcagui.c:323: error: too many arguments to function ‘draw_potentiometre’
spcagui.c:324: error: too many arguments to function ‘draw_control’
spcagui.c:325: error: too many arguments to function ‘draw_control’
spcagui.c:329: error: ‘event’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:332: error: ‘SDL_MOUSEMOTION’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:343: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_potentiometre’
spcagui.c:352: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_potentiometre’
spcagui.c:360: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_potentiometre’
spcagui.c:368: error: ‘SDL_MOUSEBUTTONUP’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:376: error: ‘SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:404: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_control’
spcagui.c:411: error: too many arguments to function ‘refresh_control’
spcagui.c:414: error: too many arguments to function ‘refresh_control’
spcagui.c:422: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_control’
spcagui.c:431: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_potentiometre’
spcagui.c:439: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_potentiometre’
spcagui.c:446: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_potentiometre’
spcagui.c:461: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_button’
spcagui.c:473: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_button’
spcagui.c:477: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_button’
spcagui.c:482: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_button’
spcagui.c:488: error: too many arguments to function ‘process_button’
spcagui.c: In function ‘processvideo’:
spcagui.c:504: error: ‘SDL_Surface’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:504: error: ‘screen’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:505: error: ‘Uint32’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:505: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘video_flags’
spcagui.c:506: error: ‘SDL_Event’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:506: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘event’
spcagui.c:508: error: ‘lib_flags’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:508: error: ‘SDL_INIT_VIDEO’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:509: error: ‘video_flags’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:509: error: ‘SDL_HWPALETTE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:509: error: ‘SDL_DOUBLEBUF’ undeclared (first use in this function)
spcagui.c:583: error: too many arguments to function ‘refresh_screen’
make: *** [spcagui.o] Error 1
My o.s. is Ubuntu 8.04
final glitch
I followed the tutorial until running ./gspca_build, modules were added properly. I checked the support chart for extra assurance, and it's supported alright (Sonix with *** for support). However, when I run spcagui -d /dev/video0, it spews back an error "wrong device".
Any idea where I messed up?
Thanks for your help & awesome tutorial.
Those URLS
Here are the wget commands he used:
wget http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/gspcav1-20071224.tar.gzwget http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/spcagui20060127.tar.gz
Sadly this driver has three
Sadly this driver has three big caveats: The first one is it implements support for V4L version 1, an API that was deprecated by the time of Linux kernel's 2.4.0 release. It doubles a developer's work trying to support a wide range of devices. The second one is about some devices advertising support for pixel formats those devices in fact don't support, a bug that may make your skin look blue (as setting an RGB mode and getting a BGR image without notice). The third one is the fact the driver doesn't handle gracefully device unplugging while in use, making programs freeze instead of recovering from the device disconnection.
These questions were discussed with Michel Xhaard (gspca maintainer) but with less than stellar results.
Mr. Xhaard brought a lot of goodness to Linux for webcam users, and he got a lot of positive karma by doing so, but maybe he could make developers' lives easier. :)