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Re: [pwc] pwc-10.0.11 breaks on Fedora FC5 (kernel 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)

To: "Philips Webcam Linux Driver" <>
Subject: Re: [pwc] pwc-10.0.11 breaks on Fedora FC5 (kernel 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)
From: "Lonni J Friedman" <>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:17:13 -0800
On 3/23/06, Jan Houtsma <> wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> > On 3/23/06, Jan Houtsma <> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am new to the list and appologize if the question has been asked
> >> before. I always used pwc on FC4 succesfully (only with new compile and
> >> install). However on FC5, although it compiles and installs fine, when
> >> you try to load the module i get the following error:
> >>
> >> # modprobe pwc
> >> FATAL: Error inserting pwc
> >> (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/kernel/drivers/usb/media/pwc/pwc.ko):
> >> Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> >> # dmesg
> >> pwc: Unknown parameter `index'
> >>
> >> Any ideas? Known issue maybe? Is a fix already being worked on?
> >>
> >> Thanks for providing this great driver!
> >>
> >
> > Do you have any aliases or options for pwc in /etc/modprobe* ?
>
> Sorry, wrong window i looked in!  Yes there is an index there! Any
> ideas? Should i remove it?
> Thanks, jan
>
> root:/etc/yum.repos.d> ls /etc/modprobe*
> /etc/modprobe.conf  /etc/modprobe.conf~
> /etc/modprobe.conf.backup-nvidia-glx
> /etc/modprobe.conf.backup-nvidia-glx-old
>
> /etc/modprobe.d:
> blacklist  modprobe.conf.dist
> root:/etc/yum.repos.d> cat /etc/modprobe.conf
> alias scsi_hostadapter sata_via
> alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
> options snd-via82xx index=0
> remove snd-via82xx { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-via82xx
> remove pwc { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 1 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove pwc
> alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
> alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
> alias eth1 skge
> alias snd-card-1 pwc
> options snd-card-1 index=1
> options pwc index=1
> alias char-major-195* nvidia
> options nvidia NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles=0

yes, remove or comment it out, and that should fix the problem.

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L. Friedman                                    
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