HOWTO: Making ICM532 chipset based webcams work on breezy

Some of you probably might have noticed ICM532 chipset based webcams freezing on breezy (for a comprehensive list refer to: http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html ) when u turn on gnomemeeting or camorama. Herez the fix for that:
FOLLOW ALL THE STEPS! DONT TAKE SHORTCUTS OR MAKE MODIFICATIONS IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
You need to do the following step by step

FOR DAPPER and EDGY
If you are on Dapper or Edgy do the following instead of the above:

Code:

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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r` build-essential
wget http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/spca5xx-20060501.tar.gz
tar xvfz spca5xx-20060501.tar.gz
cd spca5xx-20060501
make
sudo modprobe -r spca5xx
sudo rm -rf /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/spca5xx*
sudo make install
sudo modprobe spca5xx

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FOR BREEZY

Code:

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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r` build-essential gcc-3.4
wget http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/spca5xx-20060501.tar.gz
tar xvfz spca5xx-20060501.tar.gz
cd spca5xx-20060501
sudo make CC=gcc-3.4
sudo modprobe -r spca5xx
sudo rm -rf /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/media/spca5xx*
sudo make install
sudo modprobe spca5xx

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Now you should be all set to use ur ICM532 chipset based webcam.

Nice How-To. Good Work arnieboy!

thanks :)

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ummm, i did EXACTLY what you said, every last letter, no errors at all, it was perfect, but gnome meeting freezes when i click "test" for my Creative Live! and yes Creative Live! is supported on spca5xx. any other programs i could use to test out my webcam? i can't get camorama going, i need to d/l more dependancies... maybe amsn...

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Originally Posted by Koba

ummm, i did EXACTLY what you said, every last letter, no errors at all, it was perfect, but gnome meeting freezes when i click "test" for my Creative Live! and yes Creative Live! is supported on spca5xx. any other programs i could use to test out my webcam? i can't get camorama going, i need to d/l more dependancies... maybe amsn...

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is it just gnomemeeting which is freezing or the whole system? there is a command line app called gqcam

Code:

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sudo apt-get install gqcam

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Thank you very much for your advice. The pc-ocular (USB SPCA5XX camera found. SONIX sn9c102 Hv7131R) for my microscope works now perfectly!

Take this leg of a fly as present.
http://www.bempf.de/images/Webcam-1129414280.png

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Originally Posted by pitigrilli

Thank you very much for your advice. The pc-ocular (USB SPCA5XX camera found. SONIX sn9c102 Hv7131R) for my microscope works now perfectly!

Take this leg of a fly as present.
http://www.bempf.de/images/Webcam-1129414280.png

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flies like these keep me going.. is that kid on choloroform or did u kill it?

Arnav, you're GREAT. It worked like a charm.
Thanks