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gspca package

where to get info on compiling on ubuntu

Asked by ronojam

trying to get a working cam in ubuntu. Found a linux version gspca, made a download and read the readme file.

////////////////Supported kernel versions
=========================
The driver should compile and run successfully against most stable versions of
the official Linux 2.6.x kernel upto version 2.6.11 (from <http://www.kernel.org/>)

Compiling it
============
The driver module can be built without modifying your kernel source tree.

Before trying to compile the driver, ensure that you've configured your
kernel, and updated the dependencies:
'make [config|menuconfig|xconfig]; make dep'.

Make sure, when compiling the driver, you use the same version of compiler as
was used to compile your kernel. Not doing so can create incompatible binaries.

as root
goes to gspcav1 directory and run:
./gspca_build

if all goes right the module is compiled and load in memory
if not, errors messages can be found in kgspca.err You should post this file to the maintainer
or in the sourceforge project bugs report. <http://sourceforge.net/projects/spca50x/>. ///////////

  I do need a bit more precise info on this. I don't know how to compile, have no access to root and can't find gspca or *vl, I extracted the file to a new created file gspcavl in my directory, it's there but i always get "no such file or directory when I querry.
thanks
Jacques

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Gergely Máté (sportember) said : 		#1

OK, if you have no access to the root account than you can forget compiling something like a kernel driver. You should ask the system administrator to install the webcam for you.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

This question it is now associated to "gspca-sources" package.

As additional tips, you can click on this launchpad page tabs:

- the "Answers" tab will allow you to see all already answered questions related to this package;
- the "Bugs" will allow you to see the known bugs related to this package.

This might helps you to solve your issue, by the way is a good starting point.

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