Hi Ben

you forgot to do
# modprobe videodev
then /dev/video[n] will get created correctly

try it ;-)

-JoJo

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying the same thing, without success. I'm running Ubuntu
> Intrepid.
>
>
> I'm trying to follow the instructions at
> http://groups.google.com/group/microdia/web/testing-microdia-driver-draft
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/forays/webcam/microdia$ make clean all
> ...
>  LD [M]  /home/ben/forays/webcam/microdia/microdia.ko
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-10-generic'
> ctags: no input files specified.
>        Try `ctags --help' for a complete list of options.
> make: *** [ctags] Error 1
>
> hmm. According to this thread here it is all ok:
> http://groups.google.com/group/microdia/browse_thread/thread/709160c0ded023b6
>
> So I continue:
> $ sudo insmod ./microdia.ko
> insmod: error inserting './microdia.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module
>
> Try as per the thread says
> $ sudo modprobe compat_ioctl32
> $ sudo insmod ./microdia.ko
>
> but camorama complains of there not being a /dev/video0. Taking the
> thread's instructions,
> sudo depmod -a
> sudo mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0
> sudo chmod 777 /dev/video0
>
> but camorama is still complaining it can't find it. And the following
> doesn't work either:
> mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420:fps=30
>
>
> I also tried the
> git checkout --track -b development origin/development
> suggestion, but insmod gave the same error:
> insmod: error inserting './microdia.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module
>
>
>
>
> Thanks!
> ben

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