On Tuesday 07 November 2006 20:24, Warren Sturm wrote: > That will probably be kernel-devel package. However, on mine it points > to /usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-xen-i686 > but i have > /usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-i686/ from the devel package. So > there is some fun waiting when I try to compile new kernel modules. > Well, I've installed the kernel-devel package, but I still get the same error when I try to 'make'. > On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 20:15 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 07 November 2006 19:57, Ric Moore wrote: > > > On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 22:05 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > This old one is a Philips, identified as a 740. lsmod confirms that > > > > pwc is loaded. I can't use it like this, so I'll have to see what I > > > > can do about getting another. I had wanted to avoid usb 1.1 webcams, > > > > thinking that a usb2 one would be better, but I can't find any > > > > compatibility reports for any of the ones I've found. > > > > > > Anne, which driver are you using? > > > > The Philips uses pwc. It gets a picture, but not a usable one. > > > > > Mine worked like a bloomin' charm > > > until yum upgraded the kernel and things went wonky. Now I'm finding a > > > problem with my glibc install that has me baffled. Might be why I can't > > > roll that module. > > > > > > But, I used gspca from: > > > > > > http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html > > > > > > Worked right the first time. You might want to try that one. It claims > > > to be the Swedish Survival Knife of webcam modules. All my camera > > > applications recognized and acknowledged the module it built. My webcam > > > was claimed to be not supported at all, and this enabled it. Ric > > > > Maybe my brain has given up under the strain. > > > > [anne@david gspcav1-20060925]$ make > > make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build > > SUBDIRS=/home/anne/Downloads/gspcav1-20060925 CC=cc modules > > make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/build: No such file or > > directory. Stop. > > make: *** [default] Error 2 > > > > I wondered if it was a permissions problem > > on /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/build, but it isn't as simple as that, > > apparently. > > > > ls -al /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/build > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 Nov 1 > > 12:15 /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/build -> > > ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-i586 > > And this still lists in a flashing red. I must be missing something obvious. The 'build' file is definitely there. Anne
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