On Sunday 20 Jul 2003 8:02 pm, Steffen Barszus wrote: > Am Sonntag, 20. Juli 2003 20:45 schrieb Anne Wilson: > > > Yep there are no errors so i guess it compiled fine. There > > > should now be some ovxxx.o files. That or some of them are the > > > kernelmodules. > > > > > > From what I have read in the makefile an 'make install-2.4' > > > should install it. > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > Steffen > > > > Thanks for the help, Steffen. It installed ok. Unfortunately it > > still doesn't work properly. The programmer wasn't aware of any > > problem until I contacted him, but he says he will talk to > > Mandrake about it. Meanwhile, I'll get back to him with feedback > > on which bits are improved with this new driver and which bits > > still don't work at all. > > I don't know what these drivers are for. I guess it is an usb tv > card ? > The driver is for cameras with the ov511 chipset. In my case it is for the usb gizmo called LifeView CapView, which can capture video and stills from a camcorder. This driver enables it and my camcorder to work with Camstream etc.
> > The good news, though, is that I can expect to get a working > > driver after a little patience. > > Wish you you will not need much patience ;) > The programmer who wrote the driver has been helpful. I'm not sure, though whether the fact that I use the win4lin-patched kernel might affect it, in which case the wait may be everlasting :-( I have had some partial success, enough to make me feel that it is possible, but we'll see. Anne
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