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4.0 | Works with the ov51x_jpeg driver. See notes. The driver in apt for Intrepid does not work with Intrepid's kernel (2.6.27). There's a newer version which is fixed to make the driver work with 2.6.27+ kernels. You'll need to get the source code for this from: rastageeks Do the: gzip -cd ov51x-jpeg-1.5.9.tar.gz | tar xvf - make -j 5 sudo make install quickstep process. Next, edit /etc/modprobe.d/options and add: options ov51x_jpeg force_rgb=1 in order for the color order to be correct. At least, you need to do this for now if you have the VF0350A version until I get my patch submitted to correct this (I went through the source code to figure out the fix, and made some additional changes at the same time as I made the fix). If you do this step before testing, and you find that red objects appear blue, and blue items appear red, then remove this line from the /etc/modprobe.d/options file, and reload the driver (see below). Now, load the driver: sudo modprobe ov51x_jpeg That command should return with no errors. If there are errors, check: -You have build-essential installed (aptitude install build-essential) -You have module-assistant installed (this should pull in all the needed dependencies for building a kernel module, but I haven't tested this). -You have linux-headers-$(uname -r) installed. Also make sure you didn't have any build errors. If you've diagnosed and fixed the problem, reload the driver: Reloading the Driver Make sure to unplug the webcam, then: modprobe -r ov51x_jpeg modprobe ov51x_jpeg Use camstream and caminfo (from the camstream package) to test the webcam. If you have any strange, 'Unknown symbol' type of errors, use lsmod | grep ov to find any loaded drivers, and unload them with modprobe -r drivername. Check out http://solid.linux-coders.org |