Dear All, I have received lots of queries about hiccups faced by various friends trying to run microdia on Ubuntu/Kubuntu intrepid installations.Mine is a 32 bit system.using semperon proceesor.1 gb ram on a Biostar nf325a mobo.My camera is a VP-Eye which is identified as Sonix Microdia OC45 6270 Bridge SN9C201 Sensor MT9V111 I have made my own HOWTO based on gleanings from testing-microdia-driver draft-html,64 Bit Jungle and the README which is downloaded along with the driver.I think the best in all the sources helped me obtain the desired results.My HOWTO is as follows $ lsusb (to obtain details of your web cam) $ sudo apt-get install git-core gitk git-gui git-doc curl. (essential are git-core and cogito) $ sudo apt-get install kernel-package linux-source build-essential.Before that check if your system has "doxygen" ,"graphviz" "libv4l". $mkdir program $cd program after entering into the program directory $ git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/microdia.git or if this fails$ git clone http://repo.or.cz/microdia.git which will install the driver in the program folder.$ cd microdia $ make (this will create driver module and a file called sn9c20x.ko (besides a Readme which gives important steps to be followed)$ make doc (important to check various outputs on the screen.Please be aware of error messages which must be rectified and $ make repeated till OK is indicated otherwise installation will fail) after "make is OK" $ make cleandoc after this $ sudo dmesg to get the following :- sn9c20x : sn9c29x usb 2.0 webcam dvr loaded sn9c20x :sn9c20x oc45 6270 plugged in sn9c20x detected M9V111 sensor sn9c20x usb 2.0 web cam is now controlling video device /dev/video0 sn9c20x :v2008.10 sn9c20x usb web cam driver.(Note the details given of the sensor and the camera device may differ from that of mine which I have shown) To test the loaded driver after getting a satisfactory dmesg out put proceed as follows as root ,use sudo, if necessary # modprobe videodev (#modprobe compat-ioctl32 , for 64 bits) to test with Mplayer $LD PRELOAD=/usr/lib-- copied from the README file as stated above.To make the installation permanent be guided by item5 in README,but substitute sn9c20x .ko for microdia.ko I wish to add that I have been able to get similar results on Open Suse 11 too..I acknowledge thanks to all the above sources of information to be able to make the above HOWTO which I hope will be of use to all our friends trying out Microdia web cams on their systemsSorry for my inability to address each query source separately trust this general reply will help. I am just an old newbie so don't expect too much from me Good Luck [email protected]
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:36 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Under the windows Xp the webcam worked perfectly. > > I tried all 4 usb ports in my possession with no extension. But it > still does not work. > > > I tried in two different ways for each door. > > First way, sequence of commands from terminal: > sudo make rmmod > sudo insmod sn9c20x.ko > dmesg > > output ----> > http://groups.google.com/group/microdia/web/output%20only%20sn9c201.ko > > > Second way, sequence of commands from terminal: > sudo make rmmod > sudo insmod sn9c20x.ko log_level=15 > dmesg > > output ----> > http://groups.google.com/group/microdia/web/output%20insmod_sn9c20x.ko_log_level%3D15 > > but nothing changes with mplayer: appears only a green image. -----> > as here ---> http://groups.google.com/group/microdia/web/mplayer.png > > Sorry my disorder, but I do not know what else to do unless you ask > for help. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Lets make microdia webcams plug'n play, (currently plug'n pray) To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Visit us online https://groups.google.com/group/microdia -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
