Bug#677533: video: USB webcam fails since kernel 3.2

[Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>]

2012/7/10 Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>:
> So, it would be interesting to know if the (almost) last driver works.
> Then, you may try the gspca-2.15.18.tar.gz from my web site:
>
>         wget http://moinejf.free.fr/gspca-2.15.18.tar.gz
>         tar -zxf gspca-2.15.18.tar.gz
>         cd gspca-2.15.18
>         make

$ LC_ALL=C make
make -C /lib/modules/3.5.0-rc6+/build
M=/home/perkelix/gspca-2.15.18/build modules
make: *** /lib/modules/3.5.0-rc6+/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [modules] Error 2

>         su
>         make install
>         reboot
>
> You may then try cheese. For skype, don't forget to force the
> use of the v4l library:
>
>         export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so
>         skype

I don't recall Skype having required this in a long time. As I already
said, until recently, the camera "just worked".

> If the problem is still there, I'd be glad to get some traces.
> For that, as root, do:
>
>         echo 0x1f > /sys/module/gspca_main/parameters/debug
>
> then, unplug/replug the webcam,

No can do; this is an internal webcam.

Martin-Éric