Linux Webcam

James Sissel jamessissel at hotmail.com
Mon Jun 7 20:30:47 CDT 2004


I've got a nice Gentoo Linux server.  I'd like to put a Logitech Quickcam 
Pro 4000 on it.  I've found a driver called PWC but I can't compile it in my 
2.4.26 kernel.  It gives me errors:

trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe 
-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include 
/usr/src/linux-2.4.26/include/linux/modversions.h  -nostdinc -iwithprefix 
include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=pwc_uncompress  -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c 
pwc-uncompress.c
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.26/include/linux/irq.h:69,
                 from /usr/src/linux-2.4.26/include/asm/hardirq.h:6,
                 from /usr/src/linux-2.4.26/include/linux/interrupt.h:52,
                 from /usr/src/linux-2.4.26/include/asm/smplock.h:9,
                 from /usr/src/linux-2.4.26/include/linux/smp_lock.h:16,
                 from pwc.h:25,
                 from pwc-uncompress.c:26:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.26/include/asm/hw_irq.h: In function `x86_do_profile':
/usr/src/linux-2.4.26/include/asm/hw_irq.h:201: error: `current' undeclared 
(first use in this function)
/usr/src/linux-2.4.26/include/asm/hw_irq.h:201: error: (Each undeclared 
identifier is reported only once
/usr/src/linux-2.4.26/include/asm/hw_irq.h:201: error: for each function it 
appears in.)
make[2]: *** [pwc-uncompress.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.26/drivers/usb'
make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_usb] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.26/drivers'
make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2

Any ideas?  Has anyone else setup a webcam on a Gentoo Linux server?

Thanks

_________________________________________________________________
Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! 
http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/




More information about the Kclug mailing list