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**dibl** · Dec 04, 2008, 05:33 AM

Re: QuickCam Express

OK, I have edited the instruction above to account for the fact that the downloaded file is in your Desktop directory. Try it again as shown.

**joiner** · Dec 04, 2008, 06:05 AM

Re: QuickCam Express

Change the line to this but still will not work

rian@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmp
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ sudo mkdir gspca
[sudo] password for brian:
mkdir: cannot create directory `gspca': File exists
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ sudo cp /home/brian/desktop/gspca-00eae7545365.tar.bz2 .
cp: cannot stat `/home/brian/desktop/gspca-00eae7545365.tar.bz2': No such file or directory
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$

**joiner** · Dec 04, 2008, 02:00 PM

Re: QuickCam Express

Hi
This is the number of the file in my desktop folder gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2 it is different to the one in your line could it be it is this line that is the trouble

**dibl** · Dec 04, 2008, 02:09 PM

Re: QuickCam Express

OK, two problems:

1. Linux is "case sensitive" -- so the path name must be

/home/brian/Desktop/gspca-00eae7545365.tar.bz2

2. That different file name/number. Hmmm. Yes, it has to be right, but I wonder why you got a different file than I did? Oh well, just use that one and let's see how you fare. We don't even know for a fact that this driver will work correctly on your camera, so let's just try it and find out.

**joiner** · Dec 04, 2008, 02:47 PM

Re: QuickCam Express

Changed the D to d but still did not work

brian@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmp
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ sudo mkdir gspca
mkdir: cannot create directory `gspca': File exists
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ cd gspca
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/desktop/gspca-00eae7545365.tar.bz2.
cp: cannot stat `/home/brian/desktop/gspca-00eae7545365.tar.bz2': No such file or directory
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$

**dibl** · Dec 04, 2008, 02:52 PM

Re: QuickCam Express

Originally posted by joiner

Changed the D to d but still did not work

brian@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmp
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ sudo mkdir gspca
mkdir: cannot create directory `gspca': File exists
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ cd gspca
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/Desktop/gspca-00eae7545365.tar.bz2.
cp: cannot stat `/home/brian/desktop/gspca-00eae7545365.tar.bz2': No such file or directory
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$

No, the "D" must be capital. For some reason the Desktop directory is with a capital D.

**joiner** · Dec 04, 2008, 02:59 PM

Re: QuickCam Express

got this far but i think it is line 5 is the trouble

brian@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmpcd /tmp
bash: cd: /tmpcd: No such file or directory
brian@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmp
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ sudo mkdir gspca
mkdir: cannot create directory `gspca': File exists
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ cd gspca
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/Desktop/gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo tar -xvf gspca-a9776110d3be0.tar.bz2
tar: gspca-a9776110d3be0.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo tar -xvf gspca-a9776110d3be0.tar.bz2 .
tar: gspca-a9776110d3be0.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ ls
gspca-a977610d3be0 gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$

**dibl** · Dec 04, 2008, 03:03 PM

Re: QuickCam Express

Originally posted by joiner

mkdir: cannot create directory `gspca': File exists

You can ignore this -- that just mean you already made that directory.

brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/Desktop/gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2.

There's a problem -- redo that command and put a single space between the "2" and the "."

**joiner** · Dec 04, 2008, 04:49 PM

Re: QuickCam Express

got this far still not working

brian@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmp
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ sudo mkdir gspca
[sudo] password for brian:
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ cd gspca
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/Desktop/gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo tar -xvf gspca-a9776110d3be0.tar.bz2 .
tar: gspca-a9776110d3be0.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ ls
gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo apt-get install libv4l-0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libv4l-0 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo apt-get install camorama
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
camorama is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so camorama
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ chmod +x webcam
chmod: cannot access `webcam': No such file or directory
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo apt-get install camorama
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
camorama is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$

**dibl** · Dec 04, 2008, 05:46 PM

Re: QuickCam Express

Originally posted by joiner

brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo tar -xvf gspca-a9776110d3be0.tar.bz2 .
tar: gspca-a9776110d3be0.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

OK, on this one, there is no period at the end of the file name. Try it again with no period -- just start with this command -- no need to do the preceding ones again, unless you have rebooted.

**joiner** · Dec 04, 2008, 06:34 PM

Re: QuickCam Express

done this one
brian@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmp
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ sudo mkdir gspca
[sudo] password for brian:
mkdir: cannot create directory `gspca': File exists
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ cd gspca
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/Desktop/gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo tar -xvf gspca-a9776110d3be0.tar.bz2
tar: gspca-a9776110d3be0.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ ls
gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo apt-get install libv4l-0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libv4l-0 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo apt-get install camorama
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
camorama is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so camorama
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ chmod +x webcam
chmod: cannot access `webcam': No such file or directory
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$

**dibl** · Dec 05, 2008, 07:21 AM

Re: QuickCam Express

Originally posted by joiner

brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ cd gspca
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/Desktop/gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2.

It doesn't look to me like you are putting a space after "gspca-ar977610d3be0.tar.bz" in the copy command.

Read Note #2, please. The command "cp" is the Linux copy command. If you want the file that you named copied to the directory from which you issued the cp command, then you must put a period after the file name, and separated by a space. So the command is NOT

Code:

brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/Desktop/gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2.

it is

Code:

brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/Desktop/gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2 .

It may seem a trivial difference to a human, but those are two different commands to a computer, and the first one won't work.

**joiner** · Dec 05, 2008, 06:27 PM

Re: QuickCam Express

done this latest one
brian@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmp
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ sudo mkdir gspca
[sudo] password for brian:
brian@ubuntu:/tmp$ cd gspca
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo cp /home/brian/Desktop/gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2 .sudo tar -xvf gspca-a9776110d3be0.tar.bz2 .
bash: brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$: No such file or directory
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ ls
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo apt-get install libv4l-0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libv4l-0 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ sudo apt-get install camorama
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
camorama is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so camorama
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$ chmod +x webcam
chmod: cannot access `webcam': No such file or directory
brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$

**dibl** · Dec 05, 2008, 07:18 PM

Re: QuickCam Express

Originally posted by joiner

bash: brian@ubuntu:/tmp/gspca$: No such file or directory

Is there a file in your /home/brian/Desktop directory named "gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2"?

**joiner** · Dec 06, 2008, 03:59 AM

Re: QuickCam Express

this is it in desktop folder

gspca-a977610d3be0.tar.bz2

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