web cam driver

**fesghelbahal** · 09-20-2009

I am kinda new in Linux, I'm using a fedora 11 and I'm searching for a driver for my "Genius iSlim 300" web cam.
I appreciate your help.

**Rubberman** · 09-21-2009

Try here: http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html

**fesghelbahal** · 09-24-2009

Thank you,

I downloaded this file:

Code:

h-ttp://linuxtv.org/hg/~pinchartl/uvcvideo/archive/tip.zip

and extracted it, and used the "make all" command, but I got this error:

Code:

[root@PC uvcvideo-756ad91a832e]# make all
make -C /home/Download/apps/UVCVideo/uvcvideo-756ad91a832e/v4l all
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Download/apps/UVCVideo/uvcvideo-756ad91a832e/v4l'
Updating/Creating .config
Preparing to compile for kernel version 2.6.30
File not found: /lib/modules/2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i686.PAE/build/.config at ./scripts/make_kconfig.pl line 32, <IN> line 4.
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `.myconfig', needed by `config-compat.h'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Download/apps/UVCVideo/uvcvideo-756ad91a832e/v4l'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Could you tell me what does it mean and how can I solve it?

**Lakshmipathi** · 09-24-2009

and used the "make all" command

Normally most packages compilation process will involve:

./configure
make
make install

Have you read README files from extracted package,regarding Installation?

**fesghelbahal** · 09-24-2009

Yes, I have read it. But it just says that:

Code:

...
To compile both v4l and dvb, just do:
	make

To install over kernel's old files:
	make install
...

and also there is another file under the name "INSTALL" which has some instructions for installing the driver. It says:

Code:

...
Quick building procedure is:
	make all

For those that may want more than just build all stuff there are some
other interesting parameters to make:
...

and I don't know what do you mean by "./configure".
I have told that I am new in linux and so I'm not familiar with this things.

**Lakshmipathi** · 09-24-2009

fesghelbahal,yes i think you are right, This package doesn't need to perform ./configure .....

But Looking at your error message ,Seems like the package is looking for this kernel config file
/lib/modules/2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i686.PAE/build/.config

Do you have this path and file ?

If .config file is not found,try following steps,

cp /proc/config.gz /tmp
cd /tmp
gzip -d config.gz
mv config /lib/modules/2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i686.PAE/build/.config

I'm not 100% sure about solution,give a try.

**Rubberman** · 09-24-2009

You probably need the kernel development package. Try (as root) "yum install kernel-devel" first.

**fesghelbahal** · 09-25-2009

Rubberman, I tried that, but it says that it is already installed and is the latest version.

Lakshmipathi, When I hit enter after writing the first line of your code, I get this error:

Code:

cp: cannot stat `/proc/config.gz': No such file or directory

I was in this address while typing it:

Code:

/lib/modules/2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i686.PAE

I also went to the address "/proc" but there is no "config.gz" file.
What's wrong? should I be somewhere else or try different thing?

**Lakshmipathi** · 09-25-2009

also went to the address "/proc" but there is no "config.gz" file.

most distro's place kernel config file on that location. Seems like missing from there...

Check your /boot directory for any .config file. (Files begin with . can be viewed using ls -a )

I'm also running out of options,may be post your Makefile content ,which might help us to understand more about your problem. !

**fesghelbahal** · 09-26-2009

It is not in /boot, too
BTW this is the content of "makefile"

Code:

BUILD_DIR := $(shell pwd)/v4l
TMP ?= /tmp
REPO_PULL := h-ttp://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb

ifeq ($(EDITOR),)
  ifeq ($(VISUAL),)
	EDITOR := vi
  else
	EDITOR := $(VISUAL) -w
  endif
endif

all:

install:
	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_DIR) install

# Hmm, .PHONY does not work with wildcard rules :-(
SPECS = v4l2-spec dvb-spec

.PHONY: $(SPECS)

$(SPECS):
	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(MAKECMDGOALS)

%::
	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(MAKECMDGOALS)

commit cvscommit hgcommit change changes changelog:: whitespace
	@cd $(BUILD_DIR); scripts/cardlist; scripts/do_commit.sh $(EDITOR) $(TMP)/v4l_hg_whitespace; cd ..

qrefresh: Q=q
qrefresh:: whitespace
	cd $(BUILD_DIR); scripts/cardlist; cd ..
	v4l/scripts/prep_commit_msg.pl -q $(TMP)/v4l_hg_whitespace > \
		$(TMP)/v4l_hg_commit.msg
	$(EDITOR) $(TMP)/v4l_hg_commit.msg
	grep -v '^#' $(TMP)/v4l_hg_commit.msg | hg qrefresh -g -l -

pull update v4l-update::
	@echo "Pulling changes from master repository $(REPO_PULL)"
	-hg pull -u $(REPO_PULL)

push::
	@echo "Pushing changes to master repository"
	-hg push

whitespace whitespaces:
	@echo "Cleaning bad whitespaces"
	@v4l/scripts/strip-trailing-whitespaces.sh $(Q)fast | \
		tee $(TMP)/v4l_hg_whitespace | patch -p0

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