[plug] uvcvideo module for logitech quickcam pro 9000

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Tomasz Grzegurzko <tomasz89 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:14 PM, David Dartnall <darts at dialix.com.au> wrote:
>  > Hi all, as usual I need help again.
>  >
>  >  Hardy:
>  >  Documentation for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS at 'https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/'
>  > indicates module 'uvcvideo' is required for this webcam.
>  >
>  >  'lsmod | grep uvcvideo' returns no response.
>  >  Installation of subversion and the latest source as instructed in the above
>  > documentation, and execution of 'make' results in:
>  >
>  >  make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-386/build: No such file or directory.
>  > Stop.
>  >  make: *** [uvcvideo] Error 2
>  >
>  >  I've found a file  'uvcvideo.ko' at
>  > /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/ubuntu/media/usbvideo/
>  >
>  >  If this is the required module already in the system ready for installation
>  > then I've wasted a lot of time getting this far (except for what I've learnt
>  > about subversion) but it doesn't seem right.
>  >
>  >  What should I do from here? I don't yet have the webcam - thought I'd
>  > organise the module first...
>  >
>  >  Any help would be appreciated.
>  >  Dave Dartnall
>
>  Hi Dave,
>
>  You're following two approaches:
>  1/ Get the source code of the module (ie. driver) that supports your
>  hardware and compile it against your own kernel yourself.
>  2/ Load the module from Ubuntu's already pre-compiled, pre-made,
>  pre-fabricated repositories and just use it!
>
>  I'd suggest 2: in which case
>  # modprobe uvcvideo.ko
>  Then lsmod should show 'uvcvideo' too.
>
>  If you want to get back to 1, let us know!
>
>  Tomasz
>

On the other hand, if you plug the camera in, the module will
auto-load so you're really going in to a lot of effort for nothing,
but I was hoping you'd see the results you want with the above...

:)

Tomasz