I’m a new user to Linux and openSUSE, and I cannot get my web-cam to work.
I’m running OpenSUSE 11.1 and:
uname -a:
Linux linux-e696 2.6.27.23-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-05-26 17:02:05 -0400 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
lsusb:
Bus 007 Device 009: ID 045e:00f5 Microsoft Corp. LifeCam VX-3000
Skype and kopete do not detect any webcams.
Searching through the forums I tried to install gspca but came across the error when using YaST:
nothing provides kernel(default:drivers_usb_core) = 4460f5d7752dd946 needed by gspcav1-kmp-default-20071224_2.6.25.5_1.1-10.4.i586
I tried to install gspca by downloading from ~jfrancois/gspca: Summary](http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/), but when I ./config_build I get the errors:
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/
install: cannot stat `gspca.ko': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1
LOAD gspca in memory
FATAL: Module gspca not found.
PRINT COMPILATION MESSAGES if ERRORS look kgspca.err
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224 CC=cc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.23-0.1-obj/i386/default'
make -C ../../../linux-2.6.27.23-0.1 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.23-0.1-obj/i386/default/. modules
CC [M] /home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o
/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:54:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_ioctl’:
/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2463: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_usercopy’
/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: At top level:
/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609: error: unknown field ‘owner’ specified in initializer
/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2611: error: unknown field ‘type’ specified in initializer
/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca50x_create_sysfs’:
/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2769: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_create_file’
/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2780: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_remove_file’
/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_probe’:
/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:4301: error: incompatible types in assignment
make[4]: *** [/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/home/Ben/Desktop/gspcav1-20071224] Error 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.23-0.1-obj/i386/default'
make: *** [default] Error 2
Another forum said to install lib4l (which I did in YaST and from v4l-dvb: Summary) then do:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
I don’t get any errors but skype still does not detect any web-cam. I’m getting frustrated. If I cant fix this, can anyone tell me what webcam to buy that will work.
