Felix H. Dahlke wrote: > On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 12:42 +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: >> gspca has been inside the kernel since 2.6.27 onward. > > Ah, the missing link, thank you! > >> So from 2.6.27 you don't need any other source package, just userland tools. >> If you add debian backport to your sources.list I believe you'll have >> access to a 2.6.30 kernel, with gspca compiled as a module most probably. > > Yes, it was my mistake to assume that the 2.6.30 kernel offered to me by > aptitude search was from the stable repositories - I already have the > lenny backports repository. > > However, I'm wondering why aptitude search and aptitude install show and > install packages from backports when I'm not specifically using -t > lenny-backports. That's a bit creepy. >
You can use preferences for that purpose. Create a /etc/apt/preferences file (it will work for aptitude too) with this inside : Package: * Pin: release a=lenny-backports Pin-Priority: 1 The number you put at the "Pin-Priority" line will set the install/update behavior for the entire backport repo. If you use something over 991 they will have the highest priority, at 1 they won't be installed unless you ask for it (with aptitude -t), and they won't be automatically updated either. As a guideline something in between 101 and 200 should do what you want (no auto-install, auto-update). See "man apt_preferences" for more subtle use of this "package pinning" feature, or http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html (chapter 3.8 "mixed system) > Nonetheless, I've installed linux-image-2.6.30-bpo.2-686 (I think the > bpo stands for backport, but what does the .2 stand for? If a .3 was > released, would I automatically get it when updating?) and the webcam is > recognised properly - this solves my case. > > In fact, it doesn't work (merely a black screen in cheese), so I'll just > return it to the shop. Anyways, thanks for the fast help, really > appreciated! Sorry about that, could you share what this bad apple usb ID is (lsusb output) ? Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
