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So I've been using Fedora, and for the past 2 releases the vicam module no longer works. It loads, but none of the applications seem to work with it anymore. I noticed that there are messages logged at the kernel level that state the reason the module doesn't work is because there is no release callback, which apparently sysfs needs for it to work. I really enjoy this cam and don't want to...
2009-09-08 16:31:23 UTC by kevymac
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Hi guys,
I have successfully installed the camera (compiled the kernel with the module vicam) but all images it makes are very dark and blur. Even when I use this camera with a good light.
My kernel: 2.6.18-92.el5
How can I set some parameters such like brightness or sharpness?
Thank you for all your work on this project.
2009-01-26 21:44:44 UTC by madai
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Im happy to see someone else still trying to keep this cam alive. Let me know if you figure out how to get the vicam driver going in new kernels. I run Mint (ubuntu based) and I would love to get back the agc that is in this driver.
As well, if you have some patience, maybe someone can post how to compile just the driver, i have alwasy got all the kernel source, used the kernel config, and...
2008-12-28 17:50:33 UTC by willy1
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More fixture: the fields "owner" and "type" are not present in video_device structure, so you can simply comment them out.
2008-12-28 17:00:53 UTC by white_p0wer
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Self-fixed a few things...
I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 and it appears to be the problem with GCC according to the following link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/274842
Adding an include line (#include <linux/mm.h>) fixes "implicit declaration" problems.
2008-12-28 16:01:49 UTC by white_p0wer
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Does not work with 2.6.27 anymore. While building modules:
CC [M] drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.o
drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c:103:1: warning: "clamp" redefined
In file included from drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c:69:
include/linux/kernel.h:376:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c: In function...
2008-12-28 15:36:49 UTC by white_p0wer
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wavicle committed patchset 18 of module kernel to the 3Com HomeConnect USB Camera Driver CVS repository, changing 1 files.
2003-06-07 20:13:28 UTC by wavicle
