My webcam doesn't work
 

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

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

Help!!
 

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

What should i do next??????????????????

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.

Delete the extracted files and extract a fresh copy and start over.

Brian

It gives me the same error

make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.


I think im walking in circles with this


Does anyone knows a post or something that can guide me in the right direction?????????

Now that is odd. No ideas at this time.

Brian

help
 

Can anyone give me a litle tutorial about how to install a webcam. I think that may be helpful for me, because im out of ideas at this point.

Webcam installs can differ from brand to brand as well as distro to distro. No one single webcam help page I have seen.

There are several docs. Goto google and use a search string like ' install webcam linux '. You will get lots of hits.

Brian

Ok thanx anyway brian.