Linux UVC driver for acer orbicam (logitech)

[Guest vette]

I am running Mandriva Powerpack 2007 I am trying to get my webcam working. I found this driver http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ and have tried to do an install with no luck. Hopefully one of you can help. Any assistance wil be appreciated. I am kinda a noob when it doesn't come in an RPM package. So please break it down Barney style for me. lol

Ok here is the damage i have done so far.

 

[root@localhost trunk]# make

Building USB Video Class driver...

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-13mdv'

 

WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.17-13mdv/Module.symvers

is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.

 

CC [M] /home/shane/trunk/uvc_driver.o

CC [M] /home/shane/trunk/uvc_queue.o

CC [M] /home/shane/trunk/uvc_v4l2.o

CC [M] /home/shane/trunk/uvc_video.o

CC [M] /home/shane/trunk/uvc_ctrl.o

CC [M] /home/shane/trunk/uvc_status.o

/home/shane/trunk/uvc_status.c:17:29: error: linux/usb/input.h: No such file or directory

/home/shane/trunk/uvc_status.c: In function ‘uvc_input_init’:

/home/shane/trunk/uvc_status.c:45: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘usb_to_input_id’

/home/shane/trunk/uvc_status.c:46: error: request for member ‘parent’ in something not a structure or union

make[2]: *** [/home/shane/trunk/uvc_status.o] Error 1

make[1]: *** [_module_/home/shane/trunk] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-13mdv'

make: *** [uvcvideo] Error 2

[root@localhost trunk]# sudo make install

Installing USB Video Class driver...

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-13mdv'

DEPMOD 2.6.17-13mdvcustom

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-13mdv'

depmod -ae `uname -r`

[root@localhost trunk]# lsusb

Bus 005 Device 004: ID 0bc2:3000 Seagate RSS LLC

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 062a:0000 Creative Labs

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

[root@localhost trunk]#

[Greg2]

Welcome to the board! :)

 

First of all, (if possible) it would be easier for you to get your webcam working by upgrading to Mandriva 2008 and installing the driver with

urpmi dkms-gspcav1

However if you want to use Mandriva 2007 and compile the latest driver from source, then you need to install the kernel-source package for your kernel from the /2007.0/i586/media/main/updates/ repo.

[Guest dsant]

I could solve the first error, doing (same problem as Vette) :

urpmi kernel-source

urpmi kernel-devel

and change the line 17 in uvc_status.c from :

#include <linux/usb/input.h>

to :

#include "/usr/src/2.6.17.14-mm-desktop-6mdv/include/linux/usb/input.h"

 

There is still a problem :

/home/ds/tmp/uvc/trunk/uvc_status.c: In function ‘uvc_input_init’:

/home/ds/tmp/uvc/trunk/uvc_status.c:46: error: request for member ‘parent’ in something not a structure or union

I will post here if I find a solution :)

 

this is for a philips SPC1300NC UVC webcam. Sorry, I can't change for Mandriva 2008, too old machine :(

 

EDIT : I think the bug is not in Mandriva, but in the driver :

in uvc_status.c line 46, we have :

input->dev.parent = something

"dev" is a "struct * uvc_device" defined in file uvcvideo.h line 593

but no "parent" here...

I don't think "parent" is a C reserved word.

I'am going to try to post on UVC dev-list, to know if I am wrong

 

Dsant, from Lyon France

Edited April 5, 2008 by dsant

[Guest dsant]

Laurent Pinchart has posted a patch on the UVC mailing list !

the driver compilation works !

 

add #include <linux/version.h> in the includes

 

I also had to :

cp uvcvideo.ko /lib/modules/2.6.15-27-desktop/misc/

depmod -a

modprobe uvcvideo

 

I still have no image, but it should'nt be too long :)

 

=========

 

Could you please test the attached patch and tell me if it helps ?

 

Best regards,

 

Laurent Pinchart

 

Index: uvc_status.c

===================================================================

--- uvc_status.c (revision 198)

+++ uvc_status.c (working copy)

@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@

input->name = dev->name;

input->phys = phys;

usb_to_input_id(udev, &input->id);

+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,22)

input->dev.parent = &dev->intf->dev;

+#else

+ input->cdev.dev = &dev->intf->dev;

+#endif

 

set_bit(EV_KEY, input->evbit);

set_bit(BTN_0, input->keybit);

 

 

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

EDIT : hum, the driver can be loaded but it does not seem to be fonctionnal. Maybe I should switch to Mandriva 2008

Edited April 8, 2008 by dsant

[Guest vette]

Thanks to all of you for the help. Sorry it took so long for me to reply. My ISP here in Iraq only works about one or two days a week. I finally got the gspca working. Don't know how but after i tried to get uvc working the gspca that i had previously had tried to get working started working. Now all I need to do is figure out how to make the brightness settings work. None of the configurations in kopete or ekiga work.