Re: [pwc] Trouble installing, total n00b

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:04:44 -0700 

Hi Alex,

A few weeks ago, my PC (running Hardy Heron, i.e. Ubuntu 8.04) went to be
upgraded. So I decided to mess around with another PC. I upgraded the other
one to 9.04 (32 bit version though), and tried to get the webcam working. No
luck :( It is a long time since I installed the webcam stuff on Hardy, so I
really can't remember the procedure, but I do seem to remember advice that you
grab the latest snapshot, not just the release candidate.

I'm back to my usual computer now, and the webcam is working as usual.
Unfortunately I can't tell you what my problem was with the other computer; I
don't remember, and I'm not in a position to try it again to test. I would
like to hear if anyone has succeeded though, as it might affect my decision on
upgrading my OS.

My webcam is a Philips SPC900NC.

Adrian

Alex wrote:
> Hi, I've been having some difficulty installing the Philips USB Webcam
> Driver for Linux.
>
> I've been following the instructions in the INSTALL.en file (with
> modification due to changes in the version number) to try to install the
> 10.0.12-rc1 file.
>
> I've downloaded and extracted the files (they are now located
> at /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1)
>
> I've gotten as far as the make command and I'm stuck (terminal output
> included at the end of the message). It returns a whole bunch of errors
> and I figure that I've gotten something wrong, but can't figure out what
> it is.
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop (64 bit version) and I'm trying to get my
> quickcam (I believe that it's the Quickcam 4000 pro)to work. It's a
> fairly new install of Linux but I've been working on getting a few
> things working right and figured that since everything was going so well
> - I got about 3 out of 4 things working right so far and it's only been
> about a week! :)- that I'd try to get the webcam working. Other than
> that I'm a total newbie to Linux and will probably need the most
> idiot-proof instructions possible to get this working.
>
> Anyone know how to fix the problem other than getting a new webcam /
> smarter person to follow the instructions?
>
> Any help appreciated.
> Alex
>
>
>
> I get this in the terminal:
>
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.28-14-generic/build
> SUBDIRS=/home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1 modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-14-generic'
>   CC [M]  /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.o
> In file included from /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:69:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc.h:28:26: error: linux/config.h: No such
> file or directory
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc.h:37:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such
> file or directory
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:166: error: variable ‘pwc_template’
> has initializer but incomplete type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:167: error: unknown field ‘owner’
> specified in initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:167: warning: excess elements in
> struct initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:167: warning: (near initialization
> for ‘pwc_template’)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:168: error: unknown field ‘name’
> specified in initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:168: warning: excess elements in
> struct initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:168: warning: (near initialization
> for ‘pwc_template’)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:169: error: unknown field ‘type’
> specified in initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:169: warning: excess elements in
> struct initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:169: warning: (near initialization
> for ‘pwc_template’)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:170: error: unknown field ‘hardware’
> specified in initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:170: error: ‘VID_HARDWARE_PWC’
> undeclared here (not in a function)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:170: warning: excess elements in
> struct initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:170: warning: (near initialization
> for ‘pwc_template’)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:171: error: unknown field ‘release’
> specified in initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:171: error: ‘video_device_release’
> undeclared here (not in a function)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:171: warning: excess elements in
> struct initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:171: warning: (near initialization
> for ‘pwc_template’)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:172: error: unknown field ‘fops’
> specified in initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:172: warning: excess elements in
> struct initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:172: warning: (near initialization
> for ‘pwc_template’)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:173: error: unknown field ‘minor’
> specified in initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:173: warning: excess elements in
> struct initializer
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:173: warning: (near initialization
> for ‘pwc_template’)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function ‘pwc_isoc_init’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:921: warning: assignment from
> incompatible pointer type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: At top level:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1017: warning: ‘struct class_device’
> declared inside parameter list
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1017: warning: its scope is only
> this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function ‘cd_to_pwc’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1019: error: implicit declaration of
> function ‘to_video_device’
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1019: warning: initialization makes
> pointer from integer without a cast
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1020: error: implicit declaration of
> function ‘video_get_drvdata’
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1020: warning: return makes pointer
> from integer without a cast
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: At top level:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1023: warning: ‘struct class_device’
> declared inside parameter list
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function ‘show_pan_tilt’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1025: warning: passing argument 1 of
> ‘cd_to_pwc’ from incompatible pointer type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: At top level:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1030: warning: ‘struct class_device’
> declared inside parameter list
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function ‘store_pan_tilt’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1032: warning: passing argument 1 of
> ‘cd_to_pwc’ from incompatible pointer type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: At top level:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1046: error: expected ‘)’ before
> ‘(’
> token
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1049: warning: ‘struct class_device’
> declared inside parameter list
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function
> ‘show_snapshot_button_status’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1051: warning: passing argument 1 of
> ‘cd_to_pwc’ from incompatible pointer type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: At top level:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1057: error: expected ‘)’ before
> ‘(’
> token
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function
> ‘pwc_create_sysfs_files’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1062: warning: initialization makes
> pointer from integer without a cast
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1064: error: implicit declaration of
> function ‘video_device_create_file’
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1064: error:
> ‘class_device_attr_pan_tilt’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1064: error: (Each undeclared
> identifier is reported only once
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1064: error: for each function it
> appears in.)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1065: error:
> ‘class_device_attr_button’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function
> ‘pwc_remove_sysfs_files’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1070: warning: initialization makes
> pointer from integer without a cast
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1072: error: implicit declaration of
> function ‘video_device_remove_file’
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1072: error:
> ‘class_device_attr_pan_tilt’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1073: error:
> ‘class_device_attr_button’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function ‘pwc_video_open’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1112: error: implicit declaration of
> function ‘video_devdata’
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1112: warning: initialization makes
> pointer from integer without a cast
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1117: error: dereferencing pointer
> to incomplete type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function ‘pwc_video_close’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1231: error: dereferencing pointer
> to incomplete type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function ‘pwc_video_read’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1292: error: dereferencing pointer
> to incomplete type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function ‘pwc_video_poll’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1359: error: dereferencing pointer
> to incomplete type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function ‘pwc_video_ioctl’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1375: error: implicit declaration of
> function ‘video_usercopy’
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function ‘pwc_video_mmap’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1388: error: dereferencing pointer
> to incomplete type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function ‘usb_pwc_probe’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1722: error: implicit declaration of
> function ‘video_device_alloc’
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1722: warning: assignment makes
> pointer from integer without a cast
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1729: error: invalid application of
> ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘struct video_device’
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1730: error: dereferencing pointer
> to incomplete type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1731: error: dereferencing pointer
> to incomplete type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1732: error: dereferencing pointer
> to incomplete type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1733: error: implicit declaration of
> function ‘video_set_drvdata’
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1756: error: dereferencing pointer
> to incomplete type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1757: error: implicit declaration of
> function ‘video_register_device’
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1757: error: ‘VFL_TYPE_GRABBER’
> undeclared (first use in this function)
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1760: error: implicit declaration of
> function ‘video_device_release’
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1765: error: dereferencing pointer
> to incomplete type
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c: In function ‘usb_pwc_disconnect’:
> /home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.c:1819: error: implicit declaration of
> function ‘video_unregister_device’
> make[2]: *** [/home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1/pwc-if.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [_module_/home/alex/pwc-10.0.12-rc1] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-14-generic'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
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