Alex,
I've unsuccessfully tried to install the snapshot driver under both
Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04. Like you I ran into problems with the headers,
though I made sure I had them installed. I suspect something changed in
the kernel (headers) at some point, but I'm not proficient enough to
debug this any further.
I wanted the snapshot driver, as it adds support for the SPC900NC that I
own (same as Adrian's). Using the distribution driver however, I do get
basic video. Just can't change any settings...
It would be nice to get the snapshot driver working though :)
- Brynjar
On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 16:51 -0400, Alex wrote:
> Hi Adrian, I tried getting the snapshot like you advised. I had to get
> one from June as the more recent ones all seem to be empty but, even
> with that earlier one, it seems to give the same output as before with
> just a bunch of errors. David N. Lombard, has been trying to help me via
> e-mail and it seems that it may be a problem with the kernel's headers
> being missing.
>
> The following command failed to locate anything:
> locate /linux/config.h
>
> David's said that he'll try to download the package and try it out on
> his system. I'd like to hear if anyone else has gotten it to work in
> 9.04 as well, because given what you've said I'm wondering if it's a
> Jaunty thing.
>
> Hoping it's just a misplaced semicolon, backslash or something,
> Alex
>
> > Hi Alex,
> >
> > A few weeks ago, my PC (running Hardy Heron, i.e. Ubuntu 8.04) went to be
> > upgraded. So I decided to mess around with another PC. I upgraded the other
> > one to 9.04 (32 bit version though), and tried to get the webcam working. No
> > luck :( It is a long time since I installed the webcam stuff on Hardy, so I
> > really can't remember the procedure, but I do seem to remember advice that
> > you
> > grab the latest snapshot, not just the release candidate.
> >
> > I'm back to my usual computer now, and the webcam is working as usual.
> > Unfortunately I can't tell you what my problem was with the other computer;
> > I
> > don't remember, and I'm not in a position to try it again to test. I would
> > like to hear if anyone has succeeded though, as it might affect my decision
> > on
> > upgrading my OS.
> >
> > My webcam is a Philips SPC900NC.
> >
> > Adrian
>
>
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