I'm on the latest intrepid updates, my webcam responds to lsusb, but skype doesn't see the camera, and using the ppa sources intel listed the driver fails to compile during installation. I get the following error:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install microdia-dkms Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: microdia-dkms 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/80.8kB of archives. After this operation, 627kB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! microdia-dkms Install these packages without verification [y/N]? Y Selecting previously deselected package microdia-dkms. (Reading database ... 116746 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking microdia-dkms (from .../microdia-dkms_2008.09-0ubuntu1~ppa2i_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up microdia-dkms (2008.09-0ubuntu1~ppa2i) ... Loading new microdia-2008.09 DKMS files... Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/microdia/2008.09/source -> /usr/src/microdia-2008.09 DKMS: add Completed. Installing prebuilt kernel module binaries (if any) Building module... Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... Building module: cleaning build area.... make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.27-4-generic KVER=2.6.27-4-generic src=/var/lib/dkms/microdia/2008.09/build....(bad exit status: 2) Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.27-4-generic (i686) Consult the make.log in the build directory /var/lib/dkms/microdia/2008.09/build/ for more information. 0 0 dpkg: error processing microdia-dkms (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: microdia-dkms E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ is this because my kernel is too new, or because it's i686? I had manually installed the drivers on Gutsy a few months ago, and it was working fine. -- [Needs Packaging] Microdia SN9C201 webcam driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/87054 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs