install xps m1210 integrated webcam/mic

Have a look here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/DellXPSM1210

Best regards,
Flavius

hm .. ok now i know that it's possible for it to work ... but the "intended audience" is developers/end users... that's not me ... i tried to find the uvc driver on synaptic but it's not there... if there's anyone willing to explain how to download it and install it even with terminal i'm very grateful ...

francesco

thanks for the websites...

my camera is indeed in the list (good news), so i was trying to install the driver with
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingLogitechQuickcamPro5000OnEdgy
however, when i do this command:
aptitude install libpt-plugins-v4l2 v4l2ucp subversion libsdl1.2-dev
it gets to "building tag database...done"
and then it cant open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock ... and it asks me if i am in root?
erhmm... hehe... how do i get in "root" XDDDD...

i hope i get better at this with time

thanks
francesco

Hi,

you need proper rights in order to be able to install any programs, this page will give you a few hints on this topic : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo.

To make a long story short, you need to add the command "sudo" before each command that installs software on your system, in this case "aptitude" and "make install", like this:

sudo aptitude install libpt-plugins-v4l2 v4l2ucp subversion libsdl1.2-dev
svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/linux-uvc/linux-uvc/trunk
cd trunk
make
sudo make install

Best regards,
Flavius

hm ... i managed to download the driver successfully (i think)
however i can't test it if it works because i can't install luvcview XD

i download it.. i change the directory ... but this is what i get when i "make" it

francesco@xps-ubuntu:~/luvcview-20060920$ make
gcc -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"0.1.7\" -I/usr/src/modules/linux-uvc -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"0.1.7\" -I/usr/src/modules/linux-uvc -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -c -o luvcview.o luvcview.c
gcc -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"0.1.7\" -I/usr/src/modules/linux-uvc -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"0.1.7\" -I/usr/src/modules/linux-uvc -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -c -o utils.o utils.c
gcc -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"0.1.7\" -I/usr/src/modules/linux-uvc -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"0.1.7\" -I/usr/src/modules/linux-uvc -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -c -o v4l2uvc.o v4l2uvc.c
gcc -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"0.1.7\" -I/usr/src/modules/linux-uvc -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"0.1.7\" -I/usr/src/modules/linux-uvc -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -c -o gui.o gui.c
gcc -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"0.1.7\" -I/usr/src/modules/linux-uvc -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"0.1.7\" -I/usr/src/modules/linux-uvc -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -c -o avilib.o avilib.c
gcc -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"0.1.7\" -I/usr/src/modules/linux-uvc -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_SDL -O2 -DLINUX -DVERSION=\"0.1.7\" -I/usr/src/modules/linux-uvc -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -c -o frmfmtenum.o frmfmtenum.c
In file included from frmfmtenum.c:36:
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:8: error: nested redefinition of ‘enum v4l2_frmsizetypes’
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:8: error: redeclaration of ‘enum v4l2_frmsizetypes’
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:9: error: redeclaration of enumerator ‘V4L2_FRMSIZE_TYPE_DISCRETE’
/usr/include/linux/videodev2.h:282: error: previous definition of ‘V4L2_FRMSIZE_TYPE_DISCRETE’ was here
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:10: error: redeclaration of enumerator ‘V4L2_FRMSIZE_TYPE_CONTINUOUS’
/usr/include/linux/videodev2.h:283: error: previous definition of ‘V4L2_FRMSIZE_TYPE_CONTINUOUS’ was here
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:11: error: redeclaration of enumerator ‘V4L2_FRMSIZE_TYPE_STEPWISE’
/usr/include/linux/videodev2.h:284: error: previous definition of ‘V4L2_FRMSIZE_TYPE_STEPWISE’ was here
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:14: error: nested redefinition of ‘enum v4l2_frmivaltypes’
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:14: error: redeclaration of ‘enum v4l2_frmivaltypes’
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:15: error: redeclaration of enumerator ‘V4L2_FRMIVAL_TYPE_DISCRETE’
/usr/include/linux/videodev2.h:322: error: previous definition of ‘V4L2_FRMIVAL_TYPE_DISCRETE’ was here
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:16: error: redeclaration of enumerator ‘V4L2_FRMIVAL_TYPE_CONTINUOUS’
/usr/include/linux/videodev2.h:323: error: previous definition of ‘V4L2_FRMIVAL_TYPE_CONTINUOUS’ was here
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:17: error: redeclaration of enumerator ‘V4L2_FRMIVAL_TYPE_STEPWISE’
/usr/include/linux/videodev2.h:324: error: previous definition of ‘V4L2_FRMIVAL_TYPE_STEPWISE’ was here
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:24: error: redefinition of ‘struct v4l2_frmsize_discrete’
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:32: error: redefinition of ‘struct v4l2_frmsize_stepwise’
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:52: error: redefinition of ‘struct v4l2_frmsizeenum’
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:73: error: redefinition of ‘struct v4l2_frmival_stepwise’
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:84: error: redefinition of ‘struct v4l2_frmivalenum’
In file included from frmfmtenum.c:36:
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:116:1: warning: "VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES" redefined
In file included from /usr/include/linux/videodev.h:15,
                 from frmfmtenum.c:34:
/usr/include/linux/videodev2.h:1243:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
In file included from frmfmtenum.c:36:
v4l2_enumfrmfmt.h:117:1: warning: "VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMEINTERVALS" redefined
In file included from /usr/include/linux/videodev.h:15,
                 from frmfmtenum.c:34:
/usr/include/linux/videodev2.h:1244:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
make: *** [frmfmtenum.o] Error 1

i think that when i installed the driver ... the v4l2 thing was missing ... because it's just giving problems related to that ... i think ...
dunnoo

francesco

this is what i got when i tried to reinstall the driver...

francesco@xps-ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude install libpt-plugins-v4l2 v4l2ucp subversion libsdl1.2-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initialising package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "v4l2ucp" ??????????
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
francesco@xps-ubuntu:~$

Did you managed to successfully execute the sequence of commands that I posted in my previous post?

If YES, then instead of lucview try the following (inspired from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=225621):

1. Load the module
$ sudo modprobe uvcvideo

2.EKIGA TEST - Install prerequisites
$ sudo apt-get install ekiga libpt-plugins-v4l2

3. Launch Ekiga, via menus or
$ ekiga

4.Configure Ekigs. You may have to select the Logitech device.
Edit > Preferences > Devices > Video Devices >
- Video plugin: V4L2
- Input device: Logitech or something like it.

I cant help you with those compile errors. Sorry.

Best regards,
Flavius

You are right, the package "v4l2ucp" is not in the Ubuntu repositories. But I have seen it for Debian, maybe you can install it. I have to do some more research on this topic.

hooray i managed to make it work ... but that's because in the ubuntu wiki guide the type of luvcviw is a bit old ...
http://www.keasoft.it/blog/notebook/
it shows you the same process but with a slighly different version of luvcview

$ wget http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Investigation/uvc/luvcview-20070512.tar.gz
$ tar xzf luvcview-20070512.tar.gz
$ cd luvcview-20070512
$ make
$ ./luvcview

note -20070512 instead of 2006...

thanks flavius

francesco

Thanks Flavius, that solved my question.