Re: Intel Deluxe PC Camera
On Sunday 04 November 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote:
>
> Well, I tried to follow the above instructions, but...
>
> I didn't have the kernel headers for my 2.6.16 kernel and they do not
> seem to be available in the Etch repository. I took this as a sign that
> it was time to upgrade my kernel and upgraded to 2.6.22-3-k7 from
> backports. Then I reran module-assistant.
>
> This time, m-a found and downloaded the kernel headers. I then selected
> the module to compile. The gspca-source was not listed, so I used the
> spca5xx-source. When I tried to build the sources, however, the build
> failed. The logfile contained nothing but the date and time, so I have
> no specific errors to report. It may be that the problem is using
> spca5xx-source instead of gspca-source, but that was not listed as an
> option. If I download it manually, might m-a find it and allow me to
> use it.
>
> Any ideas on what I should try next?
>
> --
> Marc Shapiro
> mshapiro_42@yahoo.com
Marc,
You have a couple of options, one is to upgrade your etch to the current
2.6.18-5 kernel and then build the spca module. I built the spca module from
source with 2.6.18 kernel.
The spca5 source doesn't build with the newer kernels 2.6.22. You need to use
the gspca-source.
I am running testing/unstable, and gspca-source is available in
testing/unstable repositories. If you grab the 2.6.22 from backports, they
might also have that source package. Otherwise you could just grab it from a
debian repository or use apt-pinning to pin a lower priority for
lenny/testing and and then grab the gspca source.
I am using the gspca module for my web cam, so do know that the module builds
with 2.6.22.
John
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