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Hey everyone I have been trying all day to install my webcam,but it doesn't work,the linux that I have is linpire 5.1, im a new linux user,so please be especific.
Here is what I did
lsusb
Bus 4 Device 1: ID 0000:0000
Bus 3 Device 1: ID 0000:0000
Bus 2 Device 3: ID 03f0:7304 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 35xx
Bus 2 Device 2: ID 093a:2468 Pixart Imaging, Inc.
Bus 2 Device 1: ID 0000:0000
Bus 1 Device 1: ID 0000:0000
My webcam should be this one, Right?
Bus 2 Device 2: ID 093a:2468 Pixart Imaging, Inc.
Then I downloaded and typed this on the terminal
tar zxvf los-kernel-config-2.6.14.tar.gz
tar zxvf los-kernel-headers-2.6.14.tar.gz
tar zxvf los-kernel-source-2.6.14.tar.gz
After that I downloaded this driver:
gspcav1-20070110.tar.gz
Extract it to my desktop
I Entered to the directory where the driver file was extracted
I typed this on the terminal
Make
Make install
Everything worked fine at this point
But then when I typed this:
modprobe gspca
It gives me this error message:
Error inserting gspca (/lib/modules/2.6.14/kernel/drivers/usb/media/gspca.ko): Invalid module format
What am I missing???????
What should I do next????????
PD: Please be very specific, I have never used linux before
Distribution: Distribution: RHEL 5 with Pieces of this and that.
Kernel 2.6.23.1, KDE 3.5.8 and KDE 4.0 beta, Plu
Posts: 5,700
Rep:
Lets verify somethings first. What kernel are you running? Use command ' uname -r '.
Now lets see if kernel source is installed. ' ls /usr/src '
Now when you built it you used this command all lower case ' make '
Then you logged into as root. ' su - '.
Then as root run the command ' make install '
Then last as root run the command ' modprobe gspca '
Lets verify somethings first. What kernel are you running? Use command ' uname -r '.
Now lets see if kernel source is installed. ' ls /usr/src '
Now when you built it you used this command all lower case ' make '
Then you logged into as root. ' su - '.
Then as root run the command ' make install '
Then last as root run the command ' modprobe gspca '
Brian
My kernel is 2.6.14
I Typed make first
But I did not logged as root
I just tried it and here is what it says
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
Im more confused now it used to work fine, without loggin as root
There is something else I need to do??????
Ok I did what you told me:
Charles:~/My Computer# ls /usr/src
kernel-source kernel-source-2.6.14 linux-2.6.10
kernel-source-2.6.10 linux linux-2.6.14
Distribution: Distribution: RHEL 5 with Pieces of this and that.
Kernel 2.6.23.1, KDE 3.5.8 and KDE 4.0 beta, Plu
Posts: 5,700
Rep:
Not sure as to the problem I don't have a webcam that uses the module but built it on my system with kernel 2.6.20-rc7 and built fine and installed fine. Run the modprobe command and it loads with no error. I would contact the developer to see what input they have.
Not sure as to the problem I don't have a webcam that uses the module but built it on my system with kernel 2.6.20-rc7 and built fine and installed fine. Run the modprobe command and it loads with no error. I would contact the developer to see what input they have.
Brian
Can you read the previous post again, I had to change it because i realized that i did not logged as root after I typed make. Thanxs
Yes the make command will do that since you have runned it before. All parts are made. Then as root do ' make install '.
Brian
I typed make install as root
Here is what it says:
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
I think im doing something wrong, I just dont know what.
Im getting frustrated with this, Its really hard to understand, I Have no clue of what Im doing and Im not and ignorant when it comes to computers, I know pretty much everything there is to know about windows but i dont know a thing about linux.
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