This one is for kernel 2.6.30. I've tested it with the kernel26-git from the AUR. Here's how:

1. 'yaourt -Rd kernel26-firmware'
2. 'yaourt -S kernel26-firmware-git'
3. Extract the tar to a newly created dir (e.g. /home/user/kernel26-git).
4. Create a directory named patches in the same directory and make a text file named microdia.patch. Copy in it the source from below.
5. Download the dependencies (git gcc make...).
6. Optional: Copy the config file as config.saved.<arch> (e.g. config.saved.x86_64) if you have a customised kernel.
7. Run 'makepkg' and do not make any changes to the configuration of the kernel if you don't know what you are doing (just press exit ).
8. Install the resulting package.
9. Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst - copy the section for Arch's kernel and just add:

WARNING - I recommend to copy your own section, cause it's system-specific. Just add -git to vmlinuz26 and kernel26!!!
10. Reboot and pray .

However gspca does not provide any functionality with this here microdia webcam and the microdia driver source I was referring to comes a group of folks trying to hack out a fully functional driver. I had success with their very beta driver downloaded last year and installed on 12.1 however their current source did not work for me with 12.2. While I couldn't find the Microdia part number for my webcam, I did read that most (if not all) of the recent Microdia products use the uvc driver. I don't know if that's the case with the webcam in the asus, but, to check you could try: 'lsmod grep video' in a terminal (without quotation marks) to see if the uvcvideo driver is present.

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microdia-2.6.30.patch:

I hope that I haven't missed something. Btw 2.6.30 works better than 2.6.29 for me. Good luck. Feel free to comment if something is not clear or is wrong.

Microdia Webcam Driver

p.s. Of course you can use yaourt for kernel26-git too, just copy the patch to /var/abs/local/yaourtbuild/kernel26-git/patches before compilation.

Dell M4800 Camera Driver

Last edited by slimmer (2009-05-28 19:06:09)