Comments on: Microdia (0c45:624f) webcam on Linux

By: carotapacioccia

carotapacioccia — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:38:09 +0000

Hi , it’s me again…
I destroyed my Ultimate edition by trying to update to new ubuntu repo and I decided to install Sabayon to try it…

as I try to install microdia I get the same error I posted before…

BUT…in sabayon I can’t find any of the packages you suggested me, by talking with a guy he told me that exuberant ctags are already inside ctags in sabayon…

…any Idea?…

Thanks in advice.

By: carotapacioccia

carotapacioccia — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:32:04 +0000

thank you so much…
the image isn’t clear as under windows , by the way I got the same error as Chris, and to solve it I just needed to depmod videodev

again thank you very much.

Un abbraccio dall’Italia :)

By: Zero_Dogg

Zero_Dogg — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:50:48 +0000

carotapacioccia,
you need a package that contains ctags.
Just:
sudo apt-get install exuberant-ctags
or
sudo apt-get install elvis-tools

And it should just start working.

By: carotapacioccia

carotapacioccia — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:54:38 +0000

hi, i really need some help!
My sister is working for ONU in Santo Domingo and my only chance to see her is using skipe, up to now I need to use Windows only cause of my problem with web cam…and is very frustrating

as I try to install these drivers I get this error:

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/carota/microdia modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic’
CC [M] /home/carota/microdia/microdia-usb.o
CC [M] /home/carota/microdia/microdia-v4l.o
CC [M] /home/carota/microdia/microdia-sysfs.o
CC [M] /home/carota/microdia/microdia-dev.o
CC [M] /home/carota/microdia/microdia-decoder.o
CC [M] /home/carota/microdia/microdia-queue.o
CC [M] /home/carota/microdia/sn9c20x.o
CC [M] /home/carota/microdia/mt9vx11.o
CC [M] /home/carota/microdia/ov7670.o
CC [M] /home/carota/microdia/ov965x.o
CC [M] /home/carota/microdia/ov7660.o
CC [M] /home/carota/microdia/microdia-debugfs.o
LD [M] /home/carota/microdia/microdia.o

Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /home/carota/microdia/microdia.mod.o
LD [M] /home/carota/microdia/microdia.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic’
make: ctags: Command not found
make: *** [ctags] Error 127

I tryied both with ubuntu and ultimate edition (i think is the same as ubuntu…)

pls help me!

By: Adam Williamson

Adam Williamson — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:02:20 +0000

Did you think to submit a bug report to our kernel team to have it included in the MDV kernel?

By: Zero_Dogg’s blog » Blog Archive » Proprietary webcam driver wonders

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:25:50 +0000

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By: Ian Abbott

Ian Abbott — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:53:49 +0000

On my x86_64 Ubuntu 8.04 system I had to do the following:

$ sudo modprobe videodev
$ sudo modprobe compat_ioctl32
$ sudo insmod ./microdia.ko

The compat_ioctl32 module is not needed on a 32-bit system.

An alternative is to install the microdia module into the kernel module path “manually” (because there is no “make install” yet) as follows:

$ sudo install -d /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc
$ sudo install microdia.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc
$ sudo depmod -a

Then to load the module all you need to do is:

$ sudo modprobe microdia

In fact the module should then be autoloaded when the webcam is plugged in, or if the webcam is built-in, following a reboot.

By: help_me

help_me — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:11:16 +0000

It would be helpful, if you linked to the actual group website
https://groups.google.com/group/microdia/

they have documentation of how to install the driver,
also they will probably support you in installing the driver as well.

By: Zero_Dogg

Zero_Dogg — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:42:38 +0000

Chris,
two ideas, first check that you’re running the same kernel you’re building for (check uname -a).
Second, dmesg|tail right after the insmod will give you an idea about *why* insmod whines.

By: Chris Lasher

Chris Lasher — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:46:19 +0000

I found this page from some Google searching. I found I was not so lucky in that I can’t get the module to actually install. Followed the commands verbatim but wound up with this:

[chris]─[@feathers]─[13:42]──────[~/downloads/microdia]
$ make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/chris/downloads/microdia modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic’
CC [M] /home/chris/downloads/microdia/microdia-usb.o
CC [M] /home/chris/downloads/microdia/microdia-v4l.o
CC [M] /home/chris/downloads/microdia/microdia-sysfs.o
CC [M] /home/chris/downloads/microdia/microdia-dev.o
CC [M] /home/chris/downloads/microdia/microdia-buf.o
CC [M] /home/chris/downloads/microdia/microdia-bayer.o
CC [M] /home/chris/downloads/microdia/sn9c20x.o
CC [M] /home/chris/downloads/microdia/mt9vx11.o
LD [M] /home/chris/downloads/microdia/microdia.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /home/chris/downloads/microdia/microdia.mod.o
LD [M] /home/chris/downloads/microdia/microdia.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic’
[chris]─[@feathers]─[13:42]──────[~/downloads/microdia]
$ sudo insmod ./microdia.ko
insmod: error inserting ‘./microdia.ko’: -1 Unknown symbol in module

Any ideas?

By: Tor Arne Thune

Tor Arne Thune — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:34:42 +0000

Great stuff. Just what I was looking for. I checked some months ago for the drivers, and only found the proprietary ones that you mentioned. Much appreciated for the heads-up.