Hello ! Finally, I've got a definitive solution for using my Philips ToUcam 720k on Gutsy Gibbon. This is the "recipe" :
install this package: sudo apt-get install ov51x-jpeg-source install also the headers of linux kernel: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic move to jpeg decomp module source directory cd /usr/src/modules/ov51x-jpeg compile the jpeg decompression module sudo make copy the module in module tree sudo cp ov51x-jpeg.ko /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/media/ov511/ update the module dependency database sudo depmod -a now, unload the ov511 module sudo rmmod ov511 load directly the decomp module, it will load the devide driver module automatically sudo modprobe ov51x-jpeg now, test the module with vlc vlc -> click on play key -> choose video4linux -> insert the correct device file (/dev/video0 if you dont have any other acquisition card, otherwise /dev/video1 and so on ) -> ENJOY your bad face :) PS: change the name of kernel headers and modules directory according with the one that you are using, you can discover this magic name/number with the command "uname -a". At this moment, i ear an high frequency noise which is quite annoying, but video works perfectly !!! It should work for every ov51x based wabcam. Moreover, In the next days I will try to fix an automatic loading of the decomp module with udev. In the meantime enjoy your old camera working. CIAO CIAO -- webcam error - ov511.c: No decompressor available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41779 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
