STEP 4: Getting the ps3 eye to work!

The following is based off the tutorial from kaswy's page.

I have however made a couple small changes that are required. Open up your terminal and enter the following commands.

• sudo -i
• apt-get install kernel-package libncurses5-dev wget bzip2 build-essential
• cd /usr/src
• apt-get install linux-source

Now type in:


• ls

You will now get a list of everything in the directory. Look for the .tar.bz2 file.
<your version> is the number that is between the 2.6. and the .tar.bz2. in my case the file is: linux-source-2.6.32.tar.bz2 so my <your version> is 32

Now type in the following command, but replace the <your version> with the proper number.

• tar --bzip2 -xvf linux-source-2.6.<your version>.tar.bz2
• ln -s linux-source-2.6.<your version> linux
• cd linux

In my case it would look like this:

• tar --bzip2 -xvf linux-source-2.6.32.tar.bz2
• ln -s linux-source-2.6.32 linux
• cd linux

Continue with these commands:

• wget http://kaswy.free.fr/sites/default/files/download/ps3eye/0.5/ps3eyeMT-2.6.31-10-generic.patch
• patch -p1 < ps3eyeMT-2.6.31-10-generic.patch
• make oldconfig
• cp /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/Module.symvers /usr/src/linux
• make modules_prepare
• make SUBDIRS=drivers/media/video/gspca modules
• cp drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_ov534.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/
• depmod
• modinfo gspca-ov534

You should see the following after entering the last command:

root@mt-dev-laptop:/usr/src/linux# modinfo gspca-ov534
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_ov534.ko
license: GPL
description: GSPCA/OV534 USB Camera Driver(kaswy mod for MT use V0.5)
author: Antonio Ospite
srcversion: 2153E3BE52298A39177E46C
alias: usb:v1415p2000d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
depends: gspca_main
vermagic: 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 SMP mod_unload modversions 586
parm: videomode: = xx //Set the videomode(see doc) (int)
parm: autogain: = [0|1] //Autogain (agc,aec,awb) (bool)
parm: gain: = [0..63] //main gain (int)
parm: exposure: = [0..255] //Exposure (int)
parm: redblc: = [0..255] //Red Balance (int)
parm: blueblc: = [0..255] //Blue Balance (int)
parm: sharpness: = [0..63] //Sharpness (int)
parm: vflip: = [0|1] //Vertical flip (bool)
parm: hflip: = [0|1] //Horizontal mirror (bool)
root@mt-dev-laptop:/usr/src/linux#

The important part is the description where it has v0.5 and kaswy's name.

Go ahead and enter the following commands:

• modprobe -r gspca-ov534
• modprobe gspca-ov534 videomode=01 autogain=0 exposure=200 hflip=1

Now exit back to the normal account by typing: exit

This completes the first step to getting the ps3eye working properly.
On to modifying and installing unicap

Enter the following commands:

• cd
• mkdir unicap
• cd unicap
• wget http://unicap-imaging.org/downloads/unicap-0.9.5.tar.gz
• tar -xvzf unicap-0.9.5.tar.gz
• wget http://kaswy.free.fr/sites/default/files/download/ps3eye/unicap/unicap-gspca.patch
• patch -p0 < unicap-gspca.patch
• cd unicap-0.9.5
• ./configure
• make
• sudo make install

Unicap should now be working.