For me, 'uname -r' returns 2.6.27-10-generic. (and I have ubuntu 8.10 installed, upgraded from 8.04; 64bit version)
I have a laptop that I assume is based on an ASUS model, but it is "Priminfo"; anyway, the webcam turns up as (from lsusb) Bus 007 Device 003: ID 174f:6a51 Syntek 2.0MPixel Web Cam - Asus Z96J, Z96S, S96S (I gave this information in case the different Bus and Device values are important; I personally have no idea what they refer to). On this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=966357 I found a link to the stk11xx driver, and someone said that the svn version compiles. However, in the last few weeks I have installed a lot of stuff related to compiling problems, and I'm not sure that just the kernel headers are sufficient for the driver to compile. Anyway, today I downloaded the code and this is the exact set of commands that I used (note that I needed to install the package exuberant-ctags in order to compile): svn co https://syntekdriver.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/syntekdriver/trunk/driver cd driver/ make -f Makefile.standalone sudo install stk11xx.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/media/video/stk11xx.ko sudo cp -av stk11xx.ko /lib/modules/ sudo depmod -ae $(uname -r) sudo modprobe stk11xx fps=30 vflip=1 hflip=1 after this, camorama and skype worked fine (for camorama I needed to add a color correction filter) I hope this helps, Chichi -- Webcam 174f:6a51 Syntek 2.0MPixel Web Cam stops working after update to 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292907 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
