GE EasyCam HO98063 (Help with a driver/module)

nilson

As the topic title says, I have the GE EasyCam HO98063 which is a USB webcam, on the cheaper side of what's available.

I am needing to get this working on my Gentoo system. I have tried recompiling my kernel with Video4Linux, and also enabling the OVCam drivers as per my google search turning up http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/cameras.html

My camera is on that list, and it lists a possible driver. I'm unsure how to get this specific driver, but I do have OVCam compiled into my 2.6.8-gentoo-r4 kernel.

Any help is appreciated greatly.

Thanks,
Nilson
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reaver · Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 7:31 am Post subject: hi

What does v4lvonf say?

nilson · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 12:38 am Post subject:

v4lvonf nor v4lconf is a command on my box.
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reaver · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject:

nilson · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 12:38 am Post subject:

v4l-conf: using X11 display :0.0
dga: version 2.0
mode: 1280x1024, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=5120, base=0xe0000000
can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
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reaver · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 4:38 pm Post subject:

what does dmesg say when you modprobe your cam? (ov51x?)
And do you load v4l as a module in your XF86Config/xorg.xonf?

nilson · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:49 am Post subject:

Actually I did not compile it as a module. Both are compiled into the kernel.
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reaver · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:04 pm Post subject:

You have to load v4l in your XF86Config/xorg.conf...it doesn't seem to work on your machine. I would try compiling the cam driver as a module

nilson · Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 12:24 am Post subject:

Okay, I've recompiled my kernel (now gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8-r5) with the Video4Linux as a module as well as ov511 as a module.

My camera is plugged in. I've run 'modprove ov511' and 'modprobe v4l2-common' as well as 'modprobe v4l1-compat'.

There is STILL no video device in /dev.

*sigh* What shall I do?
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