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Old 10-01-2005, 11:41 AM   #1
bytesurfer
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Question Pwc : philips webcam installation


Dear all,

I still have the same problem with the PWC installation ... cos from what i see on the HOWTO page that teach me how to intall the driver i have type everything.. but i don't know what happen to it and it still cannot functioning .

as you can seehere .. there are error in the make and make install..

By the way, what is the use of make and make install anyway ?
the message i get is as below .

[root@hacker pwc-10.0.7a]# make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/build SUBDIRS=/home/bytesurfer/Drivers/pwc-10.0.7a modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [default] Error 2
[root@hacker pwc-10.0.7a]# make install
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/build SUBDIRS=/home/bytesurfer/Drivers/pwc-10.0.7a modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [default] Error 2
[root@hacker pwc-10.0.7a]# depmod -a
[root@hacker pwc-10.0.7a]# rmmod pwc
[root@hacker pwc-10.0.7a]# rmmod pwcx
ERROR: Module pwcx does not exist in /proc/modules
[root@hacker pwc-10.0.7a]# modprobe pwc

always have error 2 . why is that ?

thanks.

regards,
Billy
 
  


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