Re: Webcam driver

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On 2/8/07, Keith Powell <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm investigating my aMSN video problems.

At the moment, I have the MXhaard driver installed which I downloaded and
installed as a tarball.

I would like to uninstall it and try the atrpms version, to see if that
improves things.

Please, how do I uninstall it, as I did a "modprobe gspca"?

Modprobe just loads the driver to memory. It does not install anything. The installation script should have copied the module to /lib/modules/....

Nonetheless, there should be no difference in performance using the tar ball or ATrpms'.
ATrpms uses the same tar ball. The only difference is that ATrpms drivers
always stay in a subdirectory called "updates":

[lua:~] modinfo gspca
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp/updates/drivers/usb/media/gspca.ko

This way, an original kernel module will NEVER be replaced.
Also, when the kernel is upgraded there should be an appropriate kernel version in a few days.
Sometimes, this may require some patches, for adapting the driver to the new kernel API. Therefore, using a rpm relieves the end user from any headache during the compilation process.
 
So, is up to you when to use a pre-compiled rpm or a tar ball.

--
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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