[nflug] debian kernel upgrade?

[Stephen Burke]

Sorry, forgot to mention below that when the pwc module WAS installed, 
the microphone on the cam worked in ekiga (formerly gnomemeeting), but 
the video screen was just grey, and I got the same grey screen with 
camstream.

Thanks,
S.

Stephen Burke wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Sorry for the length of this, but the situation, briefly is that I am 
> trying to get my logitech quickcam 3000 pro to work on a recent elive 
> (debian etch, apparently) laptop install. Here are various outputs I had 
> after installing the pwc with a .deb but before trying the rmmod 
> maneuvers mentioned below:
> 
> 
> lsmod:
> 
> videodev                9632  1 pwc
> 
> 
> dmesg:
> 
> Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> pwc Philips webcam module version 9.0.2-unofficial loaded.
> pwc Supports Philips PCA645/646, PCVC675/680/690, 
> PCVC720[40]/730/740/750 & PCVC83
> 0/840.
> pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung 
> MPC-C10 and
>  MPC-C30,
> pwc the Creative WebCam 5 & Pro Ex, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite 
> VCS-UC300 and VC
> S-UM100.
> pwc Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 USB webcam detected.
> pwc Registered as /dev/video0.
> usbcore: registered new driver Philips webcam
> 
> lsusb:
> 
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:08b0 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam 3000 Pro [pwc]
> 
> 
> 
> An ubuntu forum suggests this answer:
> 
> Re: Phillips Webcam Issues (pwc module)
> Tracked down a bit more info on the problem. Grey output is a known 
> issue on the 2.6.12 kernel. I found a fedora bugzilla report on the 
> issue [1] as well as information on the pwc driver mailing list from 
> August [2].
> 
> I'm not sure when this plans to be fixed, but their is a workaround 
> (worked for me anyway).
> 
> 1) Download pwc-10.0.7a.tar.bz2 from the pwc website [3]
> 2) rmmod pwc #remove the old module, if loaded.
> 3) Decompress the file, make, and make install the new module.
> 4) modprobe pwc # load the new module
> 5) unplug, and plug back in your usb webcam, and your good to go
> 
> When I try to make, I get:
> 
> # make
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.12/build 
> SUBDIRS=/home/qfwfq/download/pwc/pwc-10.0.12-rc1 modules
> make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.12/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> 
> 
> A debian-devel list suggests this:
> 
>   1.  Removing any existing pwc module from the debian-supplied kernel:
> 
>     find /lib/modules -name 'pwc.*' -exec rm -rf \{\} \;
>     rmmod pwc
> 
>   2.  Setting up module-assistant:
> 
>     apt-get install module-assistant
>     m-a prepare
> 
>   3.  Downloading and building the external sources:
> 
>     apt-get install pwc-source
>     m-a build pwc-source
> 
>   4.  Installing the built module:
> 
>     m-a install pwc-source
>     depmod -a
>     modprobe pwc
> 
> 
> When I get to "m-a build pwc-source" I get this blue terminal that says
> 
> "Bad luck, the kernel headers for the target kernel version could not be 
> found and you did not specify other valid kernel headers to use"
> 
> and:
> 
> ────────────────module-assistant, error message───────────────────┐
>      │   │
>      │ If the running kernel has been shipped with the Debian   │
>      │ distribution, please install the package linux-headers-2.6.12. If │
>      │ your kernel source tree (or headers) is located in some non-usual │
>      │ location, please set the KERNELDIRS environment variable to the   │
>      │ path of this directory, or (alternatively) specify the source   │
>      │ directory we build for with the --kernel-dir option in   │
>      │ module-assistant calls.
> 
> 
> then:
> 
> # apt-get install linux-kernel-headers-2.6.12
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> E: Couldn't find package linux-kernel-headers-2.6.12
> 
> So, I'm thinking perhaps I should just try to upgrade to a more recent 
> kernel, but every time I've tried rolling my own (for gentoo installs 
> and stuff) it takes forever and then fails to work anyway.
> 
> My question, finally is this: Is there an easy way to upgrade a debian 
> kernel with a minimum of wailing and gnashing of teeth?
> 
> Thanks,
> S.
> 
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