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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Where to start?
From: "vocemanago" <>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:58:25 -0000

--- In  "mr_smokin_joe" <>
wrote:
> 
> 
> Not sure what quite happened, however I attempted to post a message
> similar to this one but it never showed up. Anyway, I'm trying to
> install drivers for a Creative Labs Webcam Notebook (PD1170) onto the
> board. I'm currently running the developer's Debian off of the compact
> flash, and am having trouble because of the videodev module required
> to compile the set of drivers.
> 
> Currently I'm trying to use the spca5xx drivers (actually custom
> made), but the main issues are coming from the fact that the videodev
> module has to be in place.
> 
> I've actually had a thread going on about this here:
>
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=312991
> 
> You might have to weed through the parts where I'm learning the basics
> about what I'm trying to accomplish. But either way, I think I might
> have hit a dead-end (wall if you wish) because of the things necessary
> for the driver to work. It is quite a shame because the camera would
> have worked perfectly for the project I'm doing.
> 
> Joe

Well, you may not be able to install the linux sources on your
development machine to compile the driver for the target. I don't
think they will fit in the 256 meg CF card...
What you need to do is setup a crosstools package (available from
Technologic) and do the compile with the kernel from that.
You can use Cywin stuff under windows OR if you have a linux machine
(and I suggest you get one just for the shear fun of it all...) then
you can use that for cross development. In the Links section of this
group there is a link for a website that explains a nice way of
setting this all up for cross development. 

The following only matters about your TS-72xx not being able to use
apt-get.
>From what little I can glean from your thread, and I must admit that I
can't spend a lot of time reading it, you were having problems with
apt-get. It seems that your unit may not be resolving DNS stuff. I
just had that problem myself, my CF version of code couldn't figure
out where my DNS servers were... I mean I just fixed that in the past
week, and I will be darned if I remember how I fixed it. I feel so
stupid. 

I think I edited resolv.conf and added the lines

nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of your nameserver.

Then you can reboot or send a HUP signal to the inetd process. 
One way to test is to type 
ping www.yahoo.com
if it hits yahoo then it is working right.
I had to do this because I like mc (midnight commander) for moving
files and stuff under linux. It is like the old norton commander for DOS.

Tony





 
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