gspcav1-20071224 webcam help

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ok so i compiled gspcav1-20071224:

tobin@debian:~$ uname -r
2.6.18-6-686
tobin@debian:~$ su
Password:
debian:/home/tobin# ln-s linux-2.6.18-686/ linux
bash: ln-s: command not found
debian:/home/tobin# ln -s linux-2.6.18-686/ linux
debian:/home/tobin# cd /usr/src/gspcav1-20071224
debian:/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224# ./gspca_build

REMOVE the old module if present
ERROR: Module gspca does not exist in /proc/modules

CLEAN gspca source tree
rm -r -f *.o decoder/.gspcadecoder.o.cmd decoder/*.o \
.gspca.o.cmd *.o *.ko *.mod.* .[a-z]* core *.i \
*.symvers *.err

COMPILE gspca Please Wait ....!!

INSTALL gspca in the kernel binary tree
mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/spca5xx.ko
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca.ko
install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
/sbin/depmod -ae

LOAD gspca in memory

PRINT COMPILATION MESSAGES if ERRORS look kgspca.err
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224 CC=cc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-6-686'
CC [M] /usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o
CC [M] /usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/decoder/gspcadecoder.o
LD [M] /usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
CC /usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca.mod.o
LD [M] /usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-6-686'

then i installed xwatv,camorama, and ekiga

lsmod shows:
debian:/home/tobin# lsmod
Module Size Used by
gspca 646480 0
videodev 21120 1 gspca
v4l1_compat 12036 1 videodev
v4l2_common 20448 1 videodev
i915 17728 2
drm 61332 3 i915
binfmt_misc 10984 1
ppdev 8676 0
lp 11012 0
button 6672 0
ac 5188 0
battery 9636 0
ipv6 226272 12
sbp2 20840 0
loop 15048 0
snd_hda_intel 17332 3
snd_hda_codec 137856 1 snd_hda_intel
parport_pc 32132 1
snd_pcm_oss 38368 0
snd_mixer_oss 15200 1 snd_pcm_oss
parport 33256 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
serio_raw 6660 0
rtc 12372 0
usblp 12768 0
i2c_i801 7468 0
snd_pcm 68676 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
pcspkr 3072 0
psmouse 35016 0
i2c_core 19680 1 i2c_i801
snd_timer 20996 1 snd_pcm
snd 47012 12 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
intel_agp 22204 1
agpgart 29896 5 drm,intel_agp
soundcore 9248 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10184 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
tsdev 7520 0
evdev 9088 1
eth1394 18212 0
ext3 119240 6
jbd 52456 1 ext3
mbcache 8356 1 ext3
sha256 11104 0
aes 28160 2
dm_crypt 10888 1
dm_mirror 19152 0
dm_snapshot 15552 0
dm_mod 50232 18 dm_crypt,dm_mirror,dm_snapshot
ide_generic 1408 0 [permanent]
sd_mod 19040 3
ide_cd 36064 0
cdrom 32544 1 ide_cd
ata_piix 13896 2
libata 89396 1 ata_piix
usb_storage 72000 0
scsi_mod 124168 4 sbp2,sd_mod,libata,usb_storage
8139cp 21920 0
usbhid 37248 0
generic 4868 0 [permanent]
ohci1394 30800 0
8139too 25120 0
mii 5344 2 8139cp,8139too
piix 9444 0 [permanent]
ide_core 110504 5 ide_generic,ide_cd,usb_storage,generic,piix
ieee1394 86904 3 sbp2,eth1394,ohci1394
ehci_hcd 28136 0
uhci_hcd 21164 0
usbcore 112644 7 gspca,usblp,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcdth ermal 13608 0
processor 28840 1 thermal
fan 4804 0


dmesg shows:
debian:/home/tobin# dmesg
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 5
usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 6
ppdev0: registered pardevice
ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
usbcore: registered new driver gspca
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: gspca driver 01.00.20 registered
usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 7
usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice


ok so then i tried camorama wich showed this

debian:/home/tobin# camorama -d dev/video0

(camorama:24797): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

popup showed unable to connect to device (dev/video0)
please check connection

i unpluged my cam and pluged it back in and tried it and same thing happened

so then i tried to figured out how to manually mount the device

i went to http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Webcam-HOWTO/d...tml#DEV-MANUAL

there it said to make a makedev file:
#!/bin/bash
function makedev () {
for dev in 0 1 2 3; do echo "/dev/$1$dev:
char 81 $[ $2 + $dev ]" rm -f /dev/$1$dev
mknod /dev/$1$dev c 81 $[ $2 + $dev ] chmod
666 /dev/$1$dev
done

# symlink for default device
rm -f /dev/$1 ln -s /dev/${1}0 /dev/$1
}

# see http://roadrunner.swansea.uk.linux.org/v4lapi.shtml
echo "*** new device names ***" makedev video
0 makedev radio 64 makedev vtx 192 makedev vbi 224
# "*** old device names (for compatibility only) ***"
#makedev bttv 0 #makedev bttv-fm 64 #makedev bttv-vbi 224

i saved it as makedev then do a chmod u+x makedev is the next command i did then i did ./makedev and it outputted this:

debian:/home/tobin# ./makedev
*** new device names *** makedev video
./makedev: line 15: 0: command not found

does that mean that it didnt work?

im stuck as to how to get my camera operational the gspca website says that my camera will work for it its emmbeded so does that mean that i need the spca light edtion or it shud be in the gspca package? if you need any more info just ask and ill give it owuldnt allow me to post the whole dmesg output so i copied and pasted what i felt was relevant. i have a pd1100 creative vista camera

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ok so i dont see video0 in my dev folder but when i do mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0 it says that it allready exsits so i try camorama -d dev/video0 it still tells me cannot connect device.

lsmod | grep gspca
gspca 646480 0
videodev 21120 1 gspca
usbcore 112644 7 gspca,usblp,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

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ok so i went to the site it told me that i needed spca5xx so i uninstalled gspcav1-20071224 installed spca5xx ls mod shows spca5xx alone, videodev with spca5xx and usbcore with spca5xx. camorama -d dev/video still tells me there it cant load device dev/video0 i tried spcaview -d dev/video0 and same thing