https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=HotblackDesiatoThinkWiki - User contributions [en]2026-06-10T05:51:53ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.12https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_install_the_IBM_Ultracam_II_driver&diff=40835How to install the IBM Ultracam II driver2009-01-21T21:28:41Z<p>HotblackDesiato: </p>
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<div>1. First you have to get the [[Ultracampatch | kernel patch for the ultracam]].<br />
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: The patch is for Kernel 2.4.20, so if you are using any other 2.4 series kernel you might have to adjust the patch to work.<br />
: On 2.6 the structure of the usb source tree changed a lot, a patch is available for 2.6.10 at: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=111802180804300&w=4<br />
: The driver provided by the latest kernels does not work. For kernels >=2.6.22.x use the driver available at http://home.mnet-online.de/foerster/ultracam instead (i.e. copy it to drivers/media/video/usbvideo/ultracam.c).<br />
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2. Change to the drivers directory in the kernel source tree: {{cmdroot|cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/drivers}}<br />
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3. Apply the patch: {{cmdroot|patch -p0 -i <path to saved patch-file>}}<br />
: If the patch was successful, you should see the following:<br />
patching file usb/Config.in<br />
patching file usb/Makefile<br />
patching file usb/ultracam.c<br />
patching file usb/usbvideo.c<br />
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4. Go up one level to the kernel source root: {{cmdroot|cd ..}}<br />
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5. Configure the kernel: {{cmdroot|make menuconfig}}<br />
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6. Activate the following Options as modules (set to <M>):<br />
:{{kernelconf||<M>|Video For Linux|Multimedia devices|Device Drivers||}}<br />
:{{kernelconf||<M>|Support for USB|USB support|Device Drivers||}}<br />
:{{kernelconf||[*]|Preliminary USB device filesystem|USB support|Device Drivers||}}<br />
:{{kernelconf||<M>|UHCI Alternate Driver (JE) support|USB support|Device Drivers||}}<br />
:{{kernelconf||<M>|USB IBM Ultraport II Camera support|USB support|Device Drivers||}}<br />
: In case some of them should already be activated (<*> oder <M>), just let them as they are.<br />
: Exit the configuration and save your settings.<br />
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7. Recompile the kernel modules: {{cmdroot|make dep && make modules modules_install && depmod -ae}}.<br />
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{{NOTE|If you are using non standard kernel modules they have to be recompiled afterwards as well.}}<br />
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8. Now you can do a {{cmdroot|modprobe ultracam}} and launch "xawtv".<br />
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If everything works, you should see yourself now. The driver is quite unstable and you might have to unload and reload the ultracam module every now and then.<br />
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[[Category:A20m]] [[Category:A20p]] [[Category:A21e]] [[Category:A21m]] [[Category:A21p]] [[Category:A22e]] [[Category:A22m]] [[Category:A22p]] [[Category:T20]] [[Category:T21]] [[Category:T22]] [[Category:T23]] [[Category:X20]] [[Category:X21]] [[Category:X22]] [[Category:X23]] [[Category:X24]]</div>HotblackDesiatohttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_install_the_IBM_Ultracam_II_driver&diff=37965How to install the IBM Ultracam II driver2008-06-11T20:28:15Z<p>HotblackDesiato: I have added a link to a working driver for kernels >=2.6.22.</p>
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<div>1. First you have to get the [[Ultracampatch | kernel patch for the ultracam]].<br />
<br />
: The patch is for Kernel 2.4.20, so if you are using any other 2.4 series kernel you might have to adjust the patch to work.<br />
: On 2.6 the structure of the usb source tree changed a lot, a patch is available for 2.6.10 at: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=111802180804300&w=4<br />
: The driver provided by the latest kernels does not work. For kernels >=2.6.22.x use the driver available at http://home.mnet-online.de/foerster/ultracam instead (i.e. copy it to drivers/media/video/usbvideo).<br />
<br />
2. Change to the drivers directory in the kernel source tree: {{cmdroot|cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/drivers}}<br />
<br />
3. Apply the patch: {{cmdroot|patch -p0 -i <path to saved patch-file>}}<br />
: If the patch was successful, you should see the following:<br />
patching file usb/Config.in<br />
patching file usb/Makefile<br />
patching file usb/ultracam.c<br />
patching file usb/usbvideo.c<br />
<br />
4. Go up one level to the kernel source root: {{cmdroot|cd ..}}<br />
<br />
5. Configure the kernel: {{cmdroot|make menuconfig}}<br />
<br />
6. Activate the following Options as modules (set to <M>):<br />
:{{kernelconf||<M>|Video For Linux|Multimedia devices|Device Drivers||}}<br />
:{{kernelconf||<M>|Support for USB|USB support|Device Drivers||}}<br />
:{{kernelconf||[*]|Preliminary USB device filesystem|USB support|Device Drivers||}}<br />
:{{kernelconf||<M>|UHCI Alternate Driver (JE) support|USB support|Device Drivers||}}<br />
:{{kernelconf||<M>|USB IBM Ultraport II Camera support|USB support|Device Drivers||}}<br />
: In case some of them should already be activated (<*> oder <M>), just let them as they are.<br />
: Exit the configuration and save your settings.<br />
<br />
7. Recompile the kernel modules: {{cmdroot|make dep && make modules modules_install && depmod -ae}}.<br />
<br />
{{NOTE|If you are using non standard kernel modules they have to be recompiled afterwards as well.}}<br />
<br />
8. Now you can do a {{cmdroot|modprobe ultracam}} and launch "xawtv".<br />
<br />
If everything works, you should see yourself now. The driver is quite unstable and you might have to unload and reload the ultracam module every now and then.<br />
<br />
[[Category:A20m]] [[Category:A20p]] [[Category:A21e]] [[Category:A21m]] [[Category:A21p]] [[Category:A22e]] [[Category:A22m]] [[Category:A22p]] [[Category:T20]] [[Category:T21]] [[Category:T22]] [[Category:T23]] [[Category:X20]] [[Category:X21]] [[Category:X22]] [[Category:X23]] [[Category:X24]]</div>HotblackDesiato