iSight (firewire) camera?

[rebster]

Hi,

Does anybody know if it's possible to use an original, firewire Apple iSight camera (the aluminum, cylindrical model that Apple discontinued when they started including built-in cameras on their models) under Mint? I have one and it's a heck of a great web camera!

Thanks,

SF

[Husse]

There is some information of the newer built in USB camera, but I have not managed to find any info on the firewire one.
Plug it in and see what happens, can't make any harm

[rebster]

There is some information of the newer built in USB camera, but I have not managed to find any info on the firewire one.
Plug it in and see what happens, can't make any harm

Well, nothing happens; Mint doesn't seem to know that the camera is connected to the firewire port.

I did some research and it seems I need two things going on my laptop to make this thing work. One is libdc1394, which is in the repositories and which I've installed.

The other is a something called vloopback, which needs to be compiled from source. But when I try to run "make" I get this output:

steve@steve-laptop:~/Desktop/vloopback-1.0$ make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic'
CC [M] /home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.o
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:136:75: error: linux/config.h: No such file or directory
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c: In function ‘vloopback_open’:
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:313: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_devdata’
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:313: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:314: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:339: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:339: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c: In function ‘vloopback_release’:
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:355: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:356: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c: In function ‘vloopback_write’:
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:398: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:399: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c: In function ‘vloopback_read’:
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:444: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:445: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c: In function ‘vloopback_mmap’:
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:513: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:514: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c: In function ‘vloopback_ioctl’:
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:571: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:572: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:852: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:854: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c: In function ‘vloopback_poll’:
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:903: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:904: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:914: error: ‘POLLIN’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:914: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:914: error: for each function it appears in.)
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:914: error: ‘POLLPRI’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:914: error: ‘POLLOUT’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:914: error: ‘POLLRDNORM’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c: At top level:
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:934: error: variable ‘vloopback_template’ has initializer but incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:936: error: unknown field ‘owner’ specified in initializer
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:936: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:936: warning: (near initialization for ‘vloopback_template’)
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:937: error: unknown field ‘name’ specified in initializer
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:937: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:937: warning: (near initialization for ‘vloopback_template’)
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:938: error: unknown field ‘type’ specified in initializer
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:938: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:938: warning: (near initialization for ‘vloopback_template’)
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:939: error: unknown field ‘fops’ specified in initializer
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:939: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:939: warning: (near initialization for ‘vloopback_template’)
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:941: error: unknown field ‘release’ specified in initializer
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:941: error: ‘video_device_release’ undeclared here (not in a function)
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:941: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:941: warning: (near initialization for ‘vloopback_template’)
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c: In function ‘create_pipe’:
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:961: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_device_alloc’
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:961: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:964: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:965: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:967: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:972: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:974: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:978: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:979: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:981: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:982: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:988: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:989: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1002: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1003: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1004: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1005: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1006: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1007: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1011: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_register_device’
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1011: error: ‘VFL_TYPE_GRABBER’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1014: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1015: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1017: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1027: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1028: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1029: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘video_unregister_device’
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1030: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c: In function ‘vloopback_init’:
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1094: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1094: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c: In function ‘cleanup_vloopback_module’:
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1112: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.c:1114: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
make[2]: *** [/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0/vloopback.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/steve/Desktop/vloopback-1.0] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Can anybody help me interpret this?

Thanks!

SF

[merlwiz79]

I think I found your problem, stable for kernel <= 2.6.17, means it won't work with 2.6.15.
http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Mo ... backDevice