Thanks. It worked on the development branch. Free of Vista again! (not that it didn't take there either).
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype worked as well. Hoorah. Thanks, ben 2008/12/5 GWater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > JoJo jojo schrieb: > > 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 >>> >> >> >> >> > And for camorama you will need to use the following line: > > $ LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/libv4l/v4l1compat.so camorama > > GWater > > -- FYI: My email addresses at unimelb, uq and gmail all redirect to the same place. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Lets make microdia webcams plug'n play, (currently plug'n pray) To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Visit us online https://groups.google.com/group/microdia -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
