Public bug reported:
My webcam Z-Star 305b was supposed to work out of the box, but it
doesn't work in gutsy, hard or intrepid.
I've read lots of threads and tried some suggestions, but
unsuccessfully.
At present, I'm using intrepid i386 with kernel 2.6.27-9-generic.
lsmod |grep gspca output is:
gspca_zc3xx55936 0
gspca_main 29312 1 gspca_zc3xx
videodev 41344 1 gspca_main
usbcore 148848 9
gspca_zc3xx,gspca_main,usblp,usbhid,usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
lsusb output is:
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0e8f:0003 GreenAsia Inc.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0ac8:305b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. ZC0305 WebCam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
I've tried the suggestions as follow:
1. Compiling gspca-source from the official repository. My outputs were:
r...@paulo-desktop:/home/paulo# m-a prepare
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.27-9-generic
Cabeçalhos de kernel disponíveis em /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic
Criando ligação simbólica ...
apt-get install build-essential
E: Não foi possível obter trava /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Recurso
temporariamente indisponível)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another
process using it?
Feito !
r...@paulo-desktop:/home/paulo# m-a a-i gspca
Informações sobre 1 pacotes atualizadas
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.27-9-generic
Cabeçalhos de kernel disponíveis em /usr/src/linux
Criando ligação simbólica ...
Não foi possível criar a ligação simbólica /usr/src/linux !
apt-get install build-essential
E: Não foi possível obter trava /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Recurso
temporariamente indisponível)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another
process using it?
Feito !
unpack
Extracting the package tarball, /usr/src/gspca.tar.bz2, please wait...
/usr/share/modass/overrides/gspca-source build KVERS=2.6.27-9-generic
KSRC=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic KDREV=2.6.27-9.19 kdist_image
This was the log file output:
/usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c:2769: error: implicit declaration of
│ function ‘video_device_create_file’
│ /usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c:2780: error: implicit declaration of
│ function ‘video_device_remove_file’
│ /usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_probe’:
│ /usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.c:4301: error: incompatible types in
│ assignment
│ make[4]: ** [/usr/src/modules/gspca/gspca_core.o] Erro 1
│ make[3]: ** [_module_/usr/src/modules/gspca] Erro 2
│ make[3]: Saindo do diretório `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic'
│ make[2]: ** [default] Erro 2
│ make[2]: Saindo do diretório `/usr/src/modules/gspca'
│ make[1]: ** [binary-modules] Erro 2
│ make[1]: Saindo do diretório `/usr/src/modules/gspca'
│ make: ** [kdist_build] Erro 2
2. Downloading and installing gspcav* from the developer's website (I've tried
all versions with the same error messages):
r...@paulo-desktop:/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224# ./gspca_build
REMOVE the old module if present
ERROR: Module gspca does not exist in /proc/modules
CLEAN gspca source tree
rm -r -f *.o decoder/.gspcadecoder.o.cmd decoder/*.o \
.gspca.o.cmd *.o *.ko *.mod.* .[a-z]* core *.i \
*.symvers *.err
COMPILE gspca Please Wait !!
INSTALL gspca in the kernel binary tree
mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/spca5xx.ko
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca.ko
install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
install: impossível fazer stat em `gspca.ko': Arquivo ou diretório inexistente
make: ** [install] Erro 1
LOAD gspca in memory
FATAL: Module gspca not found.
PRINT COMPILATION MESSAGES if ERRORS look kgspca.err
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224 CC=cc
modules
make[1]: Entrando no diretório `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic'
CC [M] /usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.o
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:54:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: Arquivo
ou diretório inexistente
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_ioctl’:
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2463: error: implicit declaration of
function ‘video_usercopy’
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: At top level:
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609: error: unknown field ‘owner’
specified in initializer
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2609: warning: initialization from
incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c:2611: error: unknown field ‘type’
specified in initializer
/usr/src/gspcav1-20071224/gspca_core.c: In
