On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Tom & Merry Cada <thecadas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all. I hope this is the right place to bring up this problem. > > I have been attempting to set up a Microsoft VX 3000 webcam/microphone combo. > > I was running Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid ibex) with the 2.6.27-11 kernel. I > was unable to get the camera running until I found a reference to > downloading the gspca source > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/archive/tip.tar.bz2. > > I did so and got package gspca-d8d701594f71.tar.bz2 which I unpacked, > and following the instructions compiled and installed successfully. > Upon reboot, the camera was found and the video worked very well. > However, the sound did not work although the USB mike was detected. > > I knew that there were problems with pulseaudio and ALSA in Intrepid > and from work on my notebook, I knew that the upgrade to 9.04 (Jaunty > Jackalope) corrected the sound problems (new kernel > 2.6.28-11-generic). > > I did the upgrade with the result that the sound appeared. But the > camera disappeared. I know how to fix this. I'll just recompile and > install using the source that I had previously downloaded. I was > mistaken. I got the following: > > tom@brutus:~/Desktop/gspca-d8d701594f71$ make > make -C /home/tom/Desktop/gspca-d8d701594f71/v4l > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/tom/Desktop/gspca-d8d701594f71/v4l' > perl scripts/make_config_compat.pl > /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/build ./.myconfig ./config-compat.h > File not found: > /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/build/include/linux/netdevice.h at > scripts/make_config_compat.pl line 15. > make[1]: *** [config-compat.h] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tom/Desktop/gspca-d8d701594f71/v4l' > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > Further investigation showed that the symbolic link "build" in > /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic does not exist although the directory > /lib/modules/2.6.27-11... does. > > Can I simply modify one of the files in the gspca source directory to > point to 2.6.28-11-generic and use the build link in that directory, > or is it more complicated than that? Is this a problem for the Ubuntu > folks? > > Any advice or direction is most welcome. > > Thanks... Tom. > Well, I downloaded the most recent version (935ff3ceca43) from http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jfrancois/gspca/archive/tip.tar.bz2 and was able to compile and install. Thanks to whoever made the changes so that it would compile with the 2.6.28-11 version of the kernel source. Video in skype works great. However, now the sound does not work (sigh...). The USB mic is shown in ALSA mixer as card 1 with the gain up at max. The mic is shown in the pulseaudio mixer as an input device, but no sound to either skype or the gnome sound recorder. Is this a problem with gspca, or with the other components (ALSA, pulseaudio, OSS, or whatever - too many choices!). An external mic through the on-board sound card works properly. Any suggestions or direction would be most welcome. Thanks in advance... Tom. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
