gspca

[Kabel]

Binary package hint: gspca-source

Dear Sirs,

I can not install gspcav no matter what i do, i have installed build-essential, kernel headers and when i try to execute make i get the following output:

kabel@kabel-ubuntu:~/Desktop/gspca$ sudo make
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build SUBDIRS=/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca CC=cc modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic'
  CC [M] /home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.o
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c:54:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_ioctl’:
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c:2463: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_usercopy’
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c: At top level:
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c:2604: error: ‘v4l_compat_ioctl32’ undeclared here (not in a function)
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c:2609: error: unknown field ‘owner’ specified in initializer
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c:2609: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c:2611: error: unknown field ‘type’ specified in initializer
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca50x_create_sysfs’:
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c:2769: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_create_file’
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c:2780: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_remove_file’
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c: In function ‘spca5xx_probe’:
/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.c:4301: error: incompatible types in assignment
make[2]: *** [/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca/gspca_core.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/kabel/Desktop/gspca] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2

Thank you in advance,
Kabel

[huepfend_schof (kaweechelchen)]

I can confirm this bug. I have the same problem

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #273727, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.