On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 05:10:39PM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> I don't know, Bill. However, it seems atrpms have built this for FC6, so I've
> installed that. I plugged the webcam in again, but no success. Then I
> wondered whether it needed a modprobe to load it, so I tried that. Still
> nothing.
>
> I did find this in /var/log/messages:
>
> Nov 12 12:09:41 david Installed: gspcav1-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686
> 1.00.04-2.fc6.at
> Nov 12 12:09:41 david Installed: gspcav1.i386 1.00.04-2.fc6.at
> Nov 12 12:12:23 david kernel: usb 5-1.2: new full speed USB device using
> ehci_hcd and address 5
> Nov 12 12:12:23 david kernel: usb 5-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> Nov 12 12:12:24 david kernel: gspca: no version for "struct_module" found:
> kernel tainted.
> Nov 12 12:12:24 david kernel: gspca: version magic '2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 SMP
> mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.1' should be '2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 SMP
^^^
> mod_unload 586 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.1'
^^^
>
> I'm sure the clue is there, if I were only able to interpret it :-(
There is a mismatch between i686 and i586, which looks like a known
bug of anaconda:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/FC6Common
Fix it with installing the i686 kernel (replacing the wrong i586 one):
rpm -Uvh --replacefiles --replacepkgs kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686.rpm
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