Re: [pwc] Motion and PWC driver

[Gilles MISSONNIER <>]

I could only get pwc-10.0.9 to compile/work on the same debian-2.6.8-3-k7
header and kernel source stuff.
later release failed.


my QuickCam Pro 4000 works fine on video_mode at 640x480

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On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Balazs Bezeczky wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to get my new system running (Debian Sarge) and tried to get
> motion and my old Phillips 680K cam to run on a standard debian 2.4 kernel.
> It worked, except I got green images and I was told "pwc Video mode
>  fps is only supported with the decompressor module (pwcx)." -
> whatever that means (I thought pwcx is dead?)
>
> Then I thought, I should upgrade my kernel, because I saw the PWC
> section in the motion Wiki.
> I upgraded to debian-2.6.8-3-k7 and when I try to run motion I get this:
> [0] Processing thread 0 - config file /etc/motion/motion.conf
> [0] Thread is from /etc/motion/motion.conf
> [1] Thread started
> [0] motion-httpd/3.2.6 running, accepting connections
> [0] motion-httpd: waiting for data on port TCP 8080
> [1] Failed with YUV420P, trying YUV422 palette: No such file or directory
> [1] Failed with YUV422, trying RGB24 palette: Invalid argument
> [1] Failed with RGB24, trying GREYSCALE palette: Invalid argument
> [1] Failed with all supported palettes - giving up: Invalid argument
> [1] Capture error calling vid_start
> [1] Thread finishing...
>
> so I thought, I`ll get the pwc sources and install them without
> recompiling the kernel. No matter which version (10.0.10 or 10.0.11) I try, I
> get this:
>
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8-3-k7/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/pwc-10.0.10 modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-3-k7'
>  CC [M]  /usr/src/pwc-10.0.10/pwc-if.o
> In file included from /usr/src/pwc-10.0.10/pwc-uncompress.h:35,
>                 from /usr/src/pwc-10.0.10/pwc.h:42,
>                 from /usr/src/pwc-10.0.10/pwc-if.c:68:
> /usr/src/pwc-10.0.10/pwc-ioctl.h:309: error: Syntaxfehler before "__le16"
> /usr/src/pwc-10.0.10/pwc-ioctl.h:309: Warnung: kein Semikolon am Ende
> von »struct« oder »union«
> /usr/src/pwc-10.0.10/pwc-ioctl.h:310: Warnung: type defaults to `int' in
> declaration of `vbandlength'
> /usr/src/pwc-10.0.10/pwc-ioctl.h:310: Warnung: data definition has no
> type or storage class
> /usr/src/pwc-10.0.10/pwc-ioctl.h:313: error: Syntaxfehler before '}' token
> /usr/src/pwc-10.0.10/pwc-ioctl.h:313: Warnung: leere Deklaration
> make[2]: *** [/usr/src/pwc-10.0.10/pwc-if.o] Fehler 1
> make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/pwc-10.0.10] Fehler 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-3-k7'
> make: *** [default] Fehler 2
>
> I checked pwc-ioctl.h line 309 and its neightborhood but I cannot
> discover anything strange there.
>
> Can somebody please help me with this getting my can to work correctly?
>
> thanks in advance,
> Balazs
>
>
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