Webcam choice

[Paul Howarth]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 November 2006 15:59, Paul Howarth wrote:
>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 08 November 2006 13:07, Paul Howarth wrote:
>>>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This problem has come up in relation to a bunch of out-of-tree kernel
>>>> drivers since FC6 was released. The linux/config.h header file no longer
>>>> exists and is not needed. You should be able to just delete the source
>>>> line in the driver that references it (gspca_core.c line 36 I think).
>>> OK - removed it, and make continued, apparently succeeding.  However,
>>> attempting install gives me
>>>
>>> install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko /lib/modules/`uname
>>> -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/ install: target
>>> `/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/usb/media/' is not a
>>> directory: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> Do I simply create this directory?
>> You could do, or you could install it into
>> /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/extra/ or maybe
>> /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/
>>
> I'm out of my depth, here, Paul.  Part of the makefile reads
> 
> MODULE_INSTALLDIR = /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/kernel/drivers/usb/media/
> MODULE_INSTALLDIR2 
> = /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/kernel/drivers/media/video/
> 
> default:
> 	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) CC=$(CC) modules
> 
> install:
> 	mkdir -p $(MODULE_INSTALLDIR)
> 	rm -f $(MODULE_INSTALLDIR)spca5xx.ko
> 	rm -f $(MODULE_INSTALLDIR2)gspca.ko
> 	install -c -m 0644 gspca.ko $(MODULE_INSTALLDIR)
> 	/sbin/depmod -ae
> 
> Should I edit the MODULE_INSTALLDIR	to match the MODULE_INSTALLDIR2?  I would 
> have thought that they wouldn't have defined two separate ones if they could 
> both go in the same one.
> 
> Sorry to sound naive - I am ;-)

I'd suggest changing the /usb/media in MODULE_INSTALLDIR to 
/media/video/usbvideo

Paul.