Webcam 'Microsoft Corp. LifeCam VX-1000' won't work in zenwalk

deathalele · 05-11-2009, 10:53 AM

my webcam 'Microsoft Corp. LifeCam VX-100'
won't work in zenwalk-6 kernel 2.6.28.7

lsusb gives me

Quote:

Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 045e:00f7 Microsoft Corp. LifeCam VX-1000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

last few lines of dmesg

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wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:16:e3:12:7a:34
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:16:e3:12:7a:34
wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:16:e3:12:7a:34 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=3)
wlan0: associated
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:16:e3:12:7a:34
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP 00:16:e3:12:7a:34
wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:16:e3:12:7a:34 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=3)
wlan0: associated
usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
sn9c102: V4L2 driver for SN9C1xx PC Camera Controllers v1:1.47pre49
usb 5-1: SN9C105 PC Camera Controller detected (vid

id 0x045E:0x00F7)
usb 5-1: No supported image sensor detected for this bridge
usbcore: registered new interface driver sn9c102
usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.

any ideas

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-12-2009, 02:28 PM

The camera is listed here as working:
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html

You may want to post the output of 'lsmod'. If you don't have the spca driver installed, you should install it.

deathalele · 05-16-2009, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Module Size Used by
snd_usb_audio 43652 0
snd_usb_lib 8448 1 snd_usb_audio
sn9c102 118148 0
snd_rawmidi 10496 1 snd_usb_lib
snd_hwdep 3588 1 snd_usb_audio
videodev 23680 1 sn9c102
v4l1_compat 9732 1 videodev
rfkill_input 2816 0
i915 38020 3
drm 48936 4 i915
snd_seq_oss 17692 0
snd_seq_midi_event 3200 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 26556 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 3340 3 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 24448 0
snd_mixer_oss 9216 2 snd_pcm_oss
iptable_mangle 1408 0
iptable_nat 2564 0
nf_nat 8980 1 iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4 6156 3 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_conntrack 28728 3 iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_defrag_ipv4 1024 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
iptable_filter 1280 0
ip_tables 6544 3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
x_tables 6404 2 iptable_nat,ip_tables
parport_pc 22972 0
lp 5452 0
parport 19412 2 parport_pc,lp
fuse 31004 2
fan 2176 0
usb_storage 53128 0
arc4 1280 2
ecb 1536 2
b43 90012 0
mac80211 97312 1 b43
cfg80211 17936 1 mac80211
input_polldev 1544 1 b43
ssb 21764 1 b43
ohci1394 20272 0
sdhci_pci 4096 0
sdhci 9092 1 sdhci_pci
i2c_i801 6032 0
i2c_core 10516 1 i2c_i801
tifm_7xx1 3072 0
ieee1394 43204 1 ohci1394
mmc_core 22812 1 sdhci
tifm_core 2588 1 tifm_7xx1
tg3 92420 0
pcmcia 19988 2 b43,ssb
snd_hda_intel 288916 7
libphy 8320 1 tg3
snd_pcm 34820 4 snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 11016 3 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 26296 21 snd_usb_audio,snd_rawmidi,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd _hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 3016 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 4360 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ehci_hcd 22540 0
uhci_hcd 13708 0
nsc_ircc 9360 0
irda 61960 1 nsc_ircc
battery 6532 0
ac 2308 0
crc_ccitt 1408 1 irda
video 11408 0
output 1280 1 video
thermal 10012 0
processor 28844 2 thermal
button 3600 0
intel_agp 16188 1
agpgart 16436 3 drm,intel_agp
acer_wmi 9664 0
rfkill 3888 5 rfkill_input,b43,acer_wmi
joydev 6080 0
shpchp 20372 0
led_class 1668 2 b43,acer_wmi
pci_hotplug 15776 1 shpchp
sg 15412 0
evdev 5380 7
yenta_socket 14988 1
rsrc_nonstatic 6400 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 17812 5 b43,ssb,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
wmi 3496 1 acer_wmi

here is the output of lsmod.

How would i install the spcsi driver

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-16-2009, 01:06 PM

It seems that it is not installed, so I would compile the driver from source, that's the most sure way to do it.

The source is here BTW:
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Downl...0071224.tar.gz

deathalele · 05-17-2009, 04:19 AM

When i try to compile i get this

Quote:

root[gspcav1-20071224]# ./gspca_build

REMOVE the old module if present
ERROR: Module gspca does not exist in /proc/modules

CLEAN gspca source tree
rm -r -f *.o decoder/.gspcadecoder.o.cmd decoder/*.o \
.gspca.o.cmd *.o *.ko *.mod.* .[a-z]* core *.i \
*.symvers *.err

COMPILE gspca Please Wait ....!!

INSTALL gspca in the kernel binary tree
mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/spca5xx.ko
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca.ko
install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
install: cannot stat `gspca.ko': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1

LOAD gspca in memory
FATAL: Module gspca not found.

PRINT COMPILATION MESSAGES if ERRORS look kgspca.err
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224 CC=cc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.28.7'
CC [M] /home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o
/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:54:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_ioctl’:
/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2463: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_usercopy’
/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: At top level:
/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609: error: unknown field ‘owner’ specified in initializer
/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2611: error: unknown field ‘type’ specified in initializer
/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca50x_create_sysfs’:
/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2769: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_create_file’
/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2780: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_remove_file’
/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_probe’:
/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:4301: error: incompatible types in assignment
make[2]: *** [/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/zenwalk/iwan/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.28.7'
make: *** [default] Error 2

What should i do now

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-17-2009, 04:58 AM

You could try using the slackbuild, it should still work on zenwalk as it is slackware based:
http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slac...gspcav1/build/

So download all the files there, put them all in one directory, then run the slackbuild as root (make sure it's executable).

deathalele · 05-17-2009, 06:56 AM

IT WORKED
thank you so much

next step clearing out all the unwanted files off my desktop from various attempts