I'm running mandrake 10.1 and trying to get my webcam working wich should be compatible with the ov511chip. I downloaded the sources but I get this error:
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-10mdk SUBDIRS=/home/f/ov511-b/ov511-2.27 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-10mdk'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-10mdk'
make: *** [default] Error 2

originally it would look for /lib/modules/(uname -r)/build, but I changed the Makefile, I don't understand what the makefile is looking for..

hi there,

how exactly did you change your Makefile?
can you post the output of
regards

slackie1000

Hi, here's my output

grep -i uname Makefile
ifeq ($(shell uname -r | cut -d . -f 1-2),2.4)
ifeq ($(shell uname -r | cut -d . -f 1-2),2.6)
KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)
[root@localhost ov511-2.27]# grep -i "/lib/modules*" Makefile
KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)

KDIR was originally /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build, but because there was no folder named "build" I left it out, by the way when I do a "lsusb" I see the camera listed, does that mean that ov511 module is already loaded?
lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05a9:0518 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. OV518 WebCam
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

hi there,

to check if a kernel module is loaded, you can use
and if it is not, and you are sure that it is correct built you can load it
about your makefile, i don't know. you changed the KDIR variable and now you have different path.
did it work anyway? where else KDIR is called?

regards

slackie1000

Hi,
lsmod does, partialy, this:
tda9887 11204 0
tuner 18320 0
saa7134 93232 0
video-buf 16868 1 saa7134
v4l2-common 4896 1 saa7134
v4l1-compat 13092 1 saa7134
soundcore 7008 4 snd,saa7134
i2c-core 19060 4 ovcamchip,tda9887,tuner,saa7134
ir-common 3972 1 saa7134
videodev 7168 2 ov511,saa7134
nvidia 3462936 12
loop 12520 0
dm-mod 51100 2
ehci-hcd 26244 0
uhci-hcd 28752 0
usbcore 103172 6 ov511,usbhid,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd
genrtc 7444 0
ext3 120680 1
jbd 49080 1 ext3

it seems to be loaded, but when I start gnomemeeting I can only choose the tvcard and not the webcam, maybe I should link it to v4l somehow....?...

hi there,

here ... this is the module name that you are trying to compile? - see red ....
it is not in the list from "lsmod" ???
did you execute
???
looks weird. if you compile the modules sucessfully and your camera is linux compatible, it should work.
how about gnomeeting settings? is there something that should be checked? sorry, know nothing about gnomeeting...

regards

slackie1000

ok, thanks for you're help sofar slackie, I think I'll start a new threath about gnomemeeting then...

hi there,

welcome... i don't think i helped so much...
anyway the issue, i think is with gnome and not with kernel modules..
good luck

regards

slackie1000