Public bug reported: The package can be removed. Most of the webcams it supported, are now supported through gspca. For other (very old) webcams support is lost. There is no way to compile this for a recent kernel as pretty much the whole infrastructure changed.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ov51x-jpeg-source (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic-pae 3.2.18 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Jun 26 12:34:50 2012 SourcePackage: ov51x-jpeg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ov51x-jpeg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1017889 Title: ov51x-jpeg-source package is obsolete To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ov51x-jpeg/+bug/1017889/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs