Alex, I've unsuccessfully tried to install the snapshot driver under both Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04. Like you I ran into problems with the headers, though I made sure I had them installed. I suspect something changed in the kernel (headers) at some point, but I'm not proficient enough to debug this any further.
I wanted the snapshot driver, as it adds support for the SPC900NC that I own (same as Adrian's). Using the distribution driver however, I do get basic video. Just can't change any settings... It would be nice to get the snapshot driver working though :) - Brynjar On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 16:51 -0400, Alex wrote: > Hi Adrian, I tried getting the snapshot like you advised. I had to get > one from June as the more recent ones all seem to be empty but, even > with that earlier one, it seems to give the same output as before with > just a bunch of errors. David N. Lombard, has been trying to help me via > e-mail and it seems that it may be a problem with the kernel's headers > being missing. > > The following command failed to locate anything: > locate /linux/config.h > > David's said that he'll try to download the package and try it out on > his system. I'd like to hear if anyone else has gotten it to work in > 9.04 as well, because given what you've said I'm wondering if it's a > Jaunty thing. > > Hoping it's just a misplaced semicolon, backslash or something, > Alex > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > pwc mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.saillard.org/mailman/listinfo/pwc _______________________________________________ pwc mailing list [email protected] http://lists.saillard.org/mailman/listinfo/pwc
