Quickam e2500 what am i doing wrong?

[cash34]

i have the quickam e2500 webcam
and after doing a bit of looking around i downloaded gspcav1-20071224

after i run
Sudo ./gspca_build

i get this


make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224 CC=cc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic'
CC [M] /home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o
/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:54:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_ioctl’:
/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2463: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_usercopy’
/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: At top level:
/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609: error: unknown field ‘owner’ specified in initializer
/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2611: error: unknown field ‘type’ specified in initializer
/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca50x_create_sysfs’:
/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2769: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_create_file’
/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2780: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_remove_file’
/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_probe’:
/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:4301: error: incompatible types in assignment
make[2]: *** [/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/abbas/gspcav1-20071224] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2

[wolfen69]

here is an easier way.

sudo apt-get install module-assistant
then
sudo m-a a-i gspca
and let it do it's thing.
reboot.

[cariboo907]

None of the versions will build with the 2.6.27, If you are running Intrepid, the driver should be automagically installed.

To check if the drivers are loaded, open a terminal and type:

lsmod | grep spca

The output should look something like this:

lsmod | grep spca
gspca_zc3xx 59392 0
gspca_main 34560 1 gspca_zc3xx
compat_ioctl32 18304 2 saa7134,gspca_main
videodev 45184 4 tuner,saa7134,gspca_main,compat_ioctl32

For testing purposes, install xawtv. it is in the repositories, then open a terminal and type:

xawtv -c /dev/video0

You should be able to see yourself.

Jim