Intel Deluxe PC Camera

Marc Shapiro wrote:
> I have just become the proud owner of an unused, still in box, Intel
> Deluxe PC Camera. This camera is dated 2001 and claims it requires
> Windows 98, 98SE, or Millennium Edition. Does anyone know if there
> are currently Linux drivers for this? I am running Etch with a
> 2.6.16-2-k7 stock Debian kernel and udev. This is a USB camera. I
> plugged it in and dmesg added the following lines:
>
> usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
> usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>
> Can I assume that it has loaded any necessary drivers? What should I
> look for in the lsmod listing. In fact, here is the output from lsmod
> with the camera plugged in:
>
> :~$ lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> ipv6 218912 14
> ppdev 8324 0
> lp 10496 0
> it87 19172 0
> hwmon_vid 2432 1 it87
> i2c_isa 4608 1 it87
> i2c_core 19536 2 it87,i2c_isa
> mousedev 10496 1
> tsdev 7296 0
> snd_intel8x0 29532 3
> snd_ac97_codec 82848 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_ac97_bus 2112 1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm_oss 44128 0
> snd_mixer_oss 15744 1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm 74504 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_seq_dummy 3588 0
> snd_seq_oss 27812 0
> snd_seq_midi 8096 0
> snd_rawmidi 22496 1 snd_seq_midi
> usblp 12224 0
> snd_seq_midi_event 6592 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> parport_pc 31728 1
> parport 32008 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
> floppy 55916 0
> snd_seq 43852 6
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_timer 20420 3 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> snd_seq_device 8332 5
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
> snd 46400 14
> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
>
> soundcore 8736 1 snd
> snd_page_alloc 9864 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> rtc 11444 1
> shpchp 39424 0
> pci_hotplug 24308 1 shpchp
> psmouse 34504 0
> pcspkr 3012 0
> serio_raw 6532 0
> amd64_agp 11652 0
> sis_agp 8196 1
> agpgart 29296 2 amd64_agp,sis_agp
> evdev 8832 0
> ext3 117064 5
> jbd 47316 1 ext3
> mbcache 7684 1 ext3
> dm_mirror 17460 0
> dm_snapshot 15388 0
> dm_mod 48180 8 dm_mirror,dm_snapshot
> ide_generic 1216 0 [permanent]
> ide_cd 35680 0
> cdrom 32240 1 ide_cd
> ide_disk 14720 4
> sis900 20992 0
> mii 5248 1 sis900
> ehci_hcd 26952 0
> ohci_hcd 17348 0
> usbcore 111136 4 usblp,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
> sis5513 12108 0 [permanent]
> generic 4228 0 [permanent]
> ide_core 111536 5
> ide_generic,ide_cd,ide_disk,sis5513,generic
> thermal 13064 0
> processor 21760 1 thermal
> fan 4548 0
>
> If the drivers have been loaded, what do I need to do next? I may
> actually use this as a webcam, but my primary purpose for it is to
> capture images to be processed to allow a robot to use the data for
> navigation. I have not yet decided on a programming language for
> this, though it is likely to be C/C++ for compiled speed, unless
> someone has some other suggestions for me. Any ideas?
>
> I have libcv0.9.7-0 installed, as well as python-opencv.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this sort of stuff?
>
It looks like the driver module that I need is spca501. There is a
source package for Etch:

spca5xx-source

What is the best way to compile this? I generally just use stock
kernels and the modules that come with them so I am unfamiliar with
compiling modules separately for a kernel that I already have. Once I
do have the module compiled, will udev/hotplug load the driver at
boot-up, or should I add it to /etc/modules?

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Marc Shapiro

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On Sunday 04 November 2007 07:35, John Schmidt wrote:
> On Sunday 04 November 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> > It looks like the driver module that I need is spca501. There is a
> > source package for Etch:
> >
> > spca5xx-source
> >
> > What is the best way to compile this? I generally just use stock
> > kernels and the modules that come with them so I am unfamiliar with
> > compiling modules separately for a kernel that I already have. Once I
> > do have the module compiled, will udev/hotplug load the driver at
> > boot-up, or should I add it to /etc/modules?
> >
> > --
> > Marc Shapiro
> >
>
> Marc,
>
> I use module-assitant and modconf (apt-get install module-assistant
> modconf) to manage modules that I have to compile.
>
> Do this:
>
> sudo m-a
>
> It will put up a dialogue box, and then you need to first prepare the build
> by downloading the kernel headers. Then choose select and check the
> spca5xx-source, and it should download it for you. Then build it and
> install it. These are all menu selectable items in module assitant.
>
> Then I use modconf to select the modules so load.
>
> With those two toosl, dealing with modules is really quite straightforward
> and painless.
>
> John

Unless I am mistaking, I read somewhere that spca5xx was for kernel up to
2.6.11, for later kernel you need gspca-sources.
Thierry

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