> I have just subscribed here (for a short while)
> to comment on the installation of the 2.3.99pre9
> kernel. My reason for installing this kernel
> is to try and get my 3Com Homeconnect USB
> webcam to work, but my comments:
>
>
> To install the kernel I had to configure
> it and then issue:
>
> make dep
> make bzImage
> (and make bzdisk, since I boot from floppy)
> make modules
> make modules_install
>
> But this is OK and is at least documented.
>
> But then I also had to do the following
> (after a lot of FAQ reading on the internet etc.):
>
> Make the /dev/video0 and /dev/video devices:
> mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0
> ln -s /dev/video0 /dev/video
>
> Add the following to /etc/conf.modules:
> path[usb]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`
> path[usb]=/lib/modules/`kernelversion`
> path[usb]=/lib/modules
>
> Now I manually have to execute every time I boot:
> insmod videodev
> (insmod usbcore complains:
> no module by that name found
> even though it's there)
> insmod cpia
> (insmod cpia_usb says:
> a module named cpia_usb already exists)
>
> Why isn't all this set up automatically by
> the installation process? An ordinary
> hardcore developer like me shouldn't need
> to know that much about software written
> by other developers :)
>
> It also seems that the webcam is not working/
> not supported, but that is a minor issue -
> I believe I could fix that :)
>
Like you say, it could be easier... avoid insmod.... :-)
-- Alasdair Campbell <root@birnie.demon.co.uk>
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