On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:34:20AM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:27:53AM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: >> >>> On Sunday 04 November 2007 07:35, John Schmidt wrote: >>> >>>> On Sunday 04 November 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote: >>>> >>>>> It looks like the driver module that I need is spca501. There is a >>>>> source package for Etch: >>>>> >>>>> spca5xx-source >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Do this: >>>> >>>> sudo m-a >>>> >>>> It will put up a dialogue box, and then you need to first prepare the >>>> build >>>> by downloading the kernel headers. Then choose select and check the >>>> spca5xx-source, and it should download it for you. Then build it and >>>> install it. These are all menu selectable items in module assitant. >>>> >>>> >>> Unless I am mistaking, I read somewhere that spca5xx was for kernel up to >>> 2.6.11, for later kernel you need gspca-sources. >>> >> >> You are correct. >> > So, do I follow the instructions that John gave above and substitute > gspca-source for spca5xx-source? yep, but take note of John's continuation of this thread. I'm not sure what he'd doing there, but it may apply to your situation. A
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