Ov51xJpegHackedInstall
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Warning: These are installation instructions for 1.0.0 release. See FAQ for differences with 0.5.x releases
Preliminaries
The module ov511 shipped with default kernel for ov511/ov518 webcams is broken. When you plug your camera, the kernel may load it in first place so the ov51x-jpeg cannot be used later on.
You may unload the module:
rmmod ov511
and then remove the module from /lib/modules/`uname -r`
Compilation and installation
First, you must have a working kernel module build and the videodev module compiled. In most distributions, this you may need some kernel headers corresponding to your kernel. See the command uname -r to get your kernel version.
Basically, you need a kernel with its headers, and the videodev module built with video4linux option (try modprobe videodev as root).
Then, as normal user, type in the ov51x-jpeg-x.x.x directory:
% make
and, as root:
# make install # modprobe ov51x-jpeg
or if this fails for any reason:
# modprobe videodev # insmod ./ov51x-jpeg.ko
from the source directory. the 'videodev module may already be loaded.
That's it, you got your camera ready to work with your favorite v4l application!
Force a parameter at load
It can be usefull to force the use of a parameter when the module is loaded, as with the kopete issue.
A clean way to do so is to add this as an option in the file /etc/modprobe.d/options. Simply apend a line of that form to this file:
options ov51x-jpeg force_palette=13
Install debian module package
First, see Ov51xJpegHackedSource for how to add the correct sources to your sources.list
A quick way to build the module is to issue those commands, prefixed by sudo if you are in Ubuntu:
apt-get update apt-get install ov51x-jpeg-source module-assistant module-assistant a-i ov51x-jpeg
If this fails first try the same with -t to look at log:
module-assistant -t a-i ov51x-jpeg
And then read more documentation on module-assistant.
If then you still think it comes from the package, please mail the issue to ov51x-jpeg@rastageeks.org
If everything worked so far, then you have a working module installed... You may simply unplug/plug the webcam, or modprobe ov51x-jpeg to see it working !
Installation on OpenSuse 10.x
Install package "kernel-source", "linux-kernel-headers" and "usbvision-kmp-bigsmp" and "usbvision-kmp-default". usbvision is a Linux device driver for video grabbing with USB-onöly connected "webcam" devices.
Then proceed with section "compilation and installation", i.e. uncompress as normal user files in the ov51x-jpeg-x.x.x directory and change directory and replace x.x.x by version number:
% cd /.../path2mydir/ov51x-jpeg-x.x.x % make
and, as root:
# make install # modprobe ov51x-jpeg
Finished.
Upgrading from oldest releases
If you are updating from 0.5.x releases, you have to remove first the remaining modules. A quick and dirty command would be:
# find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name "ov51x.ko" -exec rm -f {} \;
You may also remove loaded module using lsmod and rmmod
