xawtv installation
 

Running Slackware 12.0. Having a problem trying to compile (using gcc 4.1.2) xawtv 3.95. Returns:
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [console/fbtv] Error 1
From searching see that this occurs a lot but never found anyone with a solution.
Oh, one thing my /lib has libjava but no libjava-devel. Did not find it on the source CDs. Suggestions welcome.

Post more of the error, the part you posted doesn't help, it just tells me that there was an error.

xawtv Installation
 

Yeh! that's what I said. Afraid that is all the error I got.
I dug around a bit further and discovered that the following is needed to configure FIRST the SECOND run make and make install:
./configure --x-includes=/usr/include/X11/fonts --x-libraries=/usr/lib/X11
make
make install
A friendly condition in that there is nothing to indicate the need for the options to configure.
HOPE THIS HELPS OTHER Slackware users!

xawtv installation
 

Ok! Now I got it compiled and installed (I think).
When I run xawtv -hwscan I get:
This is xawtv-/opt/Xawtv, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.21.5-smp)
Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "lightgray"
looking for available devices
/dev/video0: OK [ -device /dev/video0 ]
type : v4l2
name : BT878 video (Hauppauge (bt878))
flags: overlay capture tuner

I do not get info about webcam device but dmesg | egrep -i *cam sees it. My webcam light is on.
Why is hwscan not seeing my web cam?