[Gllug] Webcam for 20 quid

[Pete Ryland]

It's not the compiler warning.

In fact, looks like you'll need to recompile your kernel with certain usb
support enabled as modules.

Pete

On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 09:45:32PM +0100, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> I have just bought a Dexxa webcam and was hoping that someone could give
> me a couple of pointers regarding the software installation.
> 
> There was no README file and the instructions on the website did not
> work for me.
> 
> Those that have successfully installed the software could you please
> clarify where the files should be placed and what should be done with
> them.  I did not find it very clear.
> 
> It does not seem particular about where the files are extracted.  It may
> also be as a result of the failure 'incompatible pointer type' - which
> means little to me.  The kernel is 2.4.16
> 
> I get a failure as follows:
> 
> 
> 
> [root at oracletest linux]# cd dexxa/
> [root at oracletest dexxa]# make
> cc -I/usr/src/linux/include -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wnested-externs
> -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wuninitialized -Wno-unused  -DMODULE
> -D__KERNEL__ -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -DMODVERSIONS -include
> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h -c dexxa.c
> cc -I/usr/src/linux/include -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wnested-externs
> -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wuninitialized -Wno-unused  -DMODULE
> -D__KERNEL__ -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -DMODVERSIONS -include
> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h -c usbvideo.c
> usbvideo.c: In function `usbvideo_register':
> usbvideo.c:865: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
> ld -r -o mod_dexxa.o dexxa.o usbvideo.o
> 
> [root at oracletest dexxa]# ./setup.sh 
> insmod: videodev: no module by that name found
> insmod: usbcore: no module by that name found
> insmod: usb-uhci: no module by that name found
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Linux drivers are at 
> > http://www.abo.fi/~jmunsin/hack.html
> > 
> > and a more detailed discussion at 
> > http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/
> > 
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