{"id":429,"date":"2009-01-18T15:52:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T14:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/index.php\/?p=429"},"modified":"2009-01-18T15:52:48","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T14:52:48","slug":"hercules-deluxe-webcam-compiling-drivers-for-ubuntu-810","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dotmana.com\/weblog\/2009\/01\/hercules-deluxe-webcam-compiling-drivers-for-ubuntu-810\/","title":{"rendered":"Hercules Deluxe Webcam :compiling drivers for Ubuntu 8.10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here again we are facing a crappy hardware with homebrewed drivers, not integrated: sunday morning, let’s compile something.
\nThat’s a translated how to from here<\/a><\/p>\n

Unplug the webcam<\/p>\n

lsmod | grep ov<\/div>\n

to check if any module is loaded, and remove it<\/p>\n

sudo rmmod gspca_ov519sudo rm -r\/lib\/modules\/`uname -r`\/kernel\/ubuntu\/misc\/media\/ov511<\/p>\n

sudo rm \/lib\/modules\/`uname -r`\/kernel\/drivers\/media\/video\/gspca<\/p><\/div>\n

So let’s download the drivers’ sources:<\/p>\n

wget http:\/\/www.rastageeks.org\/downloads\/ov51x-jpeg\/ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9.tar.gztar -zxwf ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9.tar.gz<\/p>\n

cd ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9\/<\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`<\/p>\n

make<\/p>\n

sudo make install<\/p>\n

sudo modprobe ov51x-jpeg<\/p>\n

echo “options ov51x-jpeg forceblock=1” | sudo tee -a \/etc\/modprobe.d\/options<\/p>\n

echo “options ov51x-jpeg force_palette=13” | sudo tee -a \/etc\/modprobe.d\/options<\/p>\n

tail -f \/var\/log\/syslog | grep “ov51x”<\/p><\/div>\n

and plug the webcam, something close to this should appears:<\/p>\n

kernel: [324189.288878] ov51x_jpeg: USB OV519 video device found
\nkernel: [324189.656291] ov51x_jpeg: Sensor is an OV7648
\nkernel: [324189.758541] ov51x_jpeg: Device at usb-0000:00:1d.1-2 registered to minor 1<\/p>\n

(control+c to quit)<\/p>\n

gstreamer-properties<\/div>\n

and the webcam shoud show up<\/p>\n

If not, check the rights:<\/p>\n

ls -l \/dev\/video*
\ncrwxrwxrwx+ 1 root video 81, 0 2009-01-14 20:03 \/dev\/video0
\ncrw-rw—-\u00a0 1 root video 81, 1 2009-01-18 14:10 \/dev\/video1<\/div>\n

The first one is good, but not the second webcam, only video access, so to correct it: create a simlink at the module initialisation:<\/p>\n

sudo gedit \/etc\/udev\/rules.d\/80-programs.rules<\/div>\n

And add this line:<\/p>\n

KERNEL==”video[0-1]”, NAME=”video%k”, SYMLINK+=”%k”, MODE=”0666″<\/div>\n

Restart the service<\/p>\n

sudo \/etc\/init.d\/udev restart<\/div>\n

now check it works fine:<\/p>\n

mplayer tv:\/\/ -tv driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:device=\/dev\/video0<\/div>\n

Now you end up with a perfectly working webcam, it’s time to check out the new cross plateform opensource webcam instant messaging:a
\nhttp:\/\/www.qutecom.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(And to drop Skype)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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