On 11 January 2009 18:44:53 Alaric wrote: > Dear Microdia people, > > I wonder if you could help me get mine working? (0c45:612a Microdia, > Ubuntu 8.04) > > 1. I type > > alarich...@branwen:~/microdia$ sudo insmod ./sn9c20x.ko > [sudo] password for alarichall: > insmod: error inserting './sn9c20x.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module > > When I type dmesg I see: > > [17241.765359] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_ioctl2 > [17241.766913] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_devdata > [17241.768586] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_unregister_device > [17241.769115] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_device_alloc > [17241.769361] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_register_device > [17241.770554] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_device_release > > Then I follow the instructions for troubleshooting: > > alarich...@branwen:~/microdia$ sudo modprobe videodev > alarich...@branwen:~/microdia$ sudo modprobe compat-ioctl32 > alarich...@branwen:~/microdia$ sudo insmod sn9c20x.ko > > Now when I type dmesg I see: > > [17241.765359] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_ioctl2 > [17241.766913] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_devdata > [17241.768586] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_unregister_device > [17241.769115] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_device_alloc > [17241.769361] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_register_device > [17241.770554] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_device_release > [17317.763060] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 > [ 6951.589501] usbcore: registered new interface driver sn9c20x > [ 6951.589666] sn9c20x: SN9C20x USB 2.0 Webcam Driver v2009.01 loaded > alarich...@branwen:~$ > > This doesn't look right so I try the next bit of the troubleshooting: > > alarich...@branwen:~/microdia$ sudo depmod -a > alarich...@branwen:~/microdia$ sudo m-a update,prepare > sudo: m-a: command not found > > When I type dmesg it still says: > > [17241.765359] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_ioctl2 > [17241.766913] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_devdata > [17241.768586] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_unregister_device > [17241.769115] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_device_alloc > [17241.769361] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_register_device > [17241.770554] sn9c20x: Unknown symbol video_device_release > [17317.763060] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 > [ 6951.589501] usbcore: registered new interface driver sn9c20x > [ 6951.589666] sn9c20x: SN9C20x USB 2.0 Webcam Driver v2009.01 loaded > alarich...@branwen:~$ > > This clearly isn't right but I'm not sure what to do about it. > > I tried doing the next stage of the instructions anyway, and this is > what I got: > > alarich...@branwen:~/microdia$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/ > v4l2convert.so mplayer tv:// \ > > > -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:fps=25:device=/dev/video0 -vo > > x11 > > ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so' from LD_PRELOAD > cannot be preloaded: ignored. > The program 'mplayer' can be found in the following packages: > * mplayer-nogui > * mplayer > Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package> > bash: mplayer: command not found > alarich...@branwen:~/microdia$ > > I'd be very grateful for any help, or even just an assurance that I > should give up and get a different webcam! > > Thanks for all your efforts to get these microdia cameras working. > > Alaric > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > 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 > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Hi, it seems you've forgot about "modprobe videodev; modprobe compat_ioctl32" Btw, our driver doesn't support your cam. Your cam is sn9c1xx-based, sn9c20x driver supports only sn9c20x-based cams. Regards Vasily
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